Feudalism flourished between the ninth and fifteenth century C.E. Feudalism is the merging of a legal and military into a form of a political structure. Feudalism is well-structured system which exchanged land for military service. Many new and classic science fiction movies have been based of the ideas of feudalism. Here we will study medieval feudalism and the relation to one of the best known science fiction movies of all time Star Wars. While not all aspects of Star Wars can be seen as a feudalistic society we will compare the “Empire” or the dark side of the force which was heavily influenced by the symbiotic feudalistic society.
First we must explore the aspects of feudalism and how it functioned. The feudalistic society can best be described as a pyramid with four layers. First and foremost we must note that the Christian faith had the most dominance over the feudalistic society. So if imaging a pyramid we would have to put the pope and the Christian church above the pyramid. At the top of the pyramid we would have the Monarch/King. The monarch or kings were strictly appointed by the church. They would appoint Nobles to set territories. Next level down on the pyramid would have the Nobles. Nobles where often given titles such as Duke or Lord and only …show more content…
Though feudalism disappeared, remnants were left in its place, in such areas as France and Russia. We can see examples of what happened in Russia with the Bolshevik Revolution. In France we can see in the French revolution .The feudal order was abolished in France on August 4, 1789. Originally the peasants were supposed to pay for the release of seigniorial dues; these dues affected more than a fourth of the farmland in France and provided most of the income of the large landowners. Most peasants refused to pay. Thus the peasants got their land free, and also no longer paid the tithe to the
First we must explore the aspects of feudalism and how it functioned. The feudalistic society can best be described as a pyramid with four layers. First and foremost we must note that the Christian faith had the most dominance over the feudalistic society. So if imaging a pyramid we would have to put the pope and the Christian church above the pyramid. At the top of the pyramid we would have the Monarch/King. The monarch or kings were strictly appointed by the church. They would appoint Nobles to set territories. Next level down on the pyramid would have the Nobles. Nobles where often given titles such as Duke or Lord and only …show more content…
Though feudalism disappeared, remnants were left in its place, in such areas as France and Russia. We can see examples of what happened in Russia with the Bolshevik Revolution. In France we can see in the French revolution .The feudal order was abolished in France on August 4, 1789. Originally the peasants were supposed to pay for the release of seigniorial dues; these dues affected more than a fourth of the farmland in France and provided most of the income of the large landowners. Most peasants refused to pay. Thus the peasants got their land free, and also no longer paid the tithe to the