House of Lords

Intro: Daily life in the medieval times( between the 5th to the 15th century) was governed by the feudal system. A pyramid-shaped system of social order, it brought order and protection of communities during time of instability. The kings, who were the highest in the system, needed the goodwill and support of the Nobles and Knights, so they granted them lands in return for their military services. To actually provide their troops, they needed to train them. Training he was done during…

Circumstances (ideal/current) There are a huge variety of circumstances in churches across America and this world. Circumstances of a ministry can greatly impact the health of an organization and its success. The circumstances can also heavily impact the morale and emotional stability of a leader. There are ideal circumstances and then there are the actual circumstances. The ideal are those that the leader performs the best in. The actual are the circumstances the leader is currently dealing…

land a lord would own and compensate living there through farming, milling, taking care of cattle, or even sewing clothes. A widely known place that did this was called Wharram Percy. In the article Wharram Percy Deserted Medieval Village by English Heritage, in the history section it discusses that this village was occupied for 600 years (starting in around the 9th or 10th century) and was passed down through the Percy Family (thus the name of the village) as they the passing of being lord that…

The Vassals commitment to fight was one of the most important parts of a feudal system. Without a military, a manor, village or town is useless, and it all starts with the Vassal showing his military service to the superior lord. A summon or announcement was raised when a lord wanted to start an army. This gave soldiers and vassals the ability to gathers weapons and prepare accordingly. Most of the army fell into two categories. There were the elite, prestigious knights that usually fought…

were still tied to the land. They essentially had nothing to claim as their own possession. As Ian Mortimer states in The Time Traveler’s Guide to Medieval England, these peasants “own nothing but their own bellies” (p. 49). They were under their lords’ jurisdiction and if asked to jump, their reply would have been “how high?”…

hope, lies and deceit but instead I fell to my knees and called on my Lord and he heard my cries and answered. Since these experiences happened they equipped me to know that God has a plans for my life, the world can be deceitful, and God works out all things for good which will help me be a successful…

fair. For example, even though the peasants had to work hard- especially villeins, who have to work at least three days a week on the demesne, as well as paying money instead of completing services, they do get their own land to farm and they get a house and protection. For freemen, they only have to do a bit of work, but they have to work on their own farms whilst the farming the demesne to achieve that status. But, in reality, I believe that the peasants had to do a lot of work, and in an…

The Big Move After what felt like a lifetime of planning, our family was finally making the big move from New York to Texas. The house we lived in was my childhood home and my husband and I shared it for fifteen years together. This was not going to be an easy task. Our first hurdle was preparing for this huge adventure. Secondly, we needed to drive both cars down. That meant that we would not have the other person to take over driving when our eyelids became as heavy as weights over our…

always go to relax and get the stress of my mind, and that would be my humble abode, my home. Because I walked to school on a regular basis, I always knew where to go, even during the renovations. I mean, I could never miss the area, a light blue house right across the street from a Kraft factory. The front yard had a very large pine tree in the front yard, the bottom half full of life and the top bared to nothing but twigs and death. The front porch was white…

This selection was written to describe the conditions of tenement houses, overcrowded slums that filled New York City during the late 1900’s. The first sentence of this selection states, “The first tenement New York knew bore the mark of Cain from its birth, though a generation passed before the writing was deciphered.” The author means that tenement houses were “cursed,” or were terrible creations from the very beginning, but this was ignored and not tended to…