nuns affiliated with the Church taught reading and writing and ran hospitals for the needy. Pope Gregory I used Benedictine monks as diplomats/missionaries. He sent them to England to convert the Anglo-Saxons.
The Byzantine Empire had a very strong military. He used his military and his best commander Belisarius to reconquer Northern Africa circa 533 CE. Most of Belisarius’ success was because of his superior tactics in battle. The Byzantines used the kantos, an overhand thrusting spear, before the stirrup was invented. The Eastern Slavic Empire lived in what is now Russia, trading and working with the Byzantines until they were conquered by the Mongols in 1240 CE. Most of the Slavic Empire had been captured by 724, but Alexander Nevsky stopped the Mongol invasion at the Neva River in 724 CE. As mentioned previously, Charles Martel stopped the Muslim invasion during the Battle of Tours …show more content…
His sons split their land among their sons and so on. Feudalism is a decentralized political system based on giving land to nobles in return for military protection and stressed alliances for military protection. Hugh Capet, after seizing the French throne in 987 CE and forming the Capetian Dynasty, established the practice of primogeniture, which was giving the entire kingdom to one’s first son. In a feudal system, the king granted land to the lord. The lord granted land to the knight. The knight granted land to the villein. In return, the villein provided food and services when requested to the knight. The knight provided protection and military service to the lord in return for his land. In return to the king, the lord provided money and knights to the king in return for his land. This could get very complicated as many lords could pledge allegiance to several different kings and knights to several different, causing a loyalty issue when multiple kings called on the same
The Byzantine Empire had a very strong military. He used his military and his best commander Belisarius to reconquer Northern Africa circa 533 CE. Most of Belisarius’ success was because of his superior tactics in battle. The Byzantines used the kantos, an overhand thrusting spear, before the stirrup was invented. The Eastern Slavic Empire lived in what is now Russia, trading and working with the Byzantines until they were conquered by the Mongols in 1240 CE. Most of the Slavic Empire had been captured by 724, but Alexander Nevsky stopped the Mongol invasion at the Neva River in 724 CE. As mentioned previously, Charles Martel stopped the Muslim invasion during the Battle of Tours …show more content…
His sons split their land among their sons and so on. Feudalism is a decentralized political system based on giving land to nobles in return for military protection and stressed alliances for military protection. Hugh Capet, after seizing the French throne in 987 CE and forming the Capetian Dynasty, established the practice of primogeniture, which was giving the entire kingdom to one’s first son. In a feudal system, the king granted land to the lord. The lord granted land to the knight. The knight granted land to the villein. In return, the villein provided food and services when requested to the knight. The knight provided protection and military service to the lord in return for his land. In return to the king, the lord provided money and knights to the king in return for his land. This could get very complicated as many lords could pledge allegiance to several different kings and knights to several different, causing a loyalty issue when multiple kings called on the same