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    The men wore tunics and stockings and the women wore long gowns and sleeveless tunics. The serf’s clothes were almost never washed. Except for the underwear. Nobles were people that lived in luxury. They almost always had food like onions and pork. Nobles were the third most powerful people, under the Pope and the monarch, so they would have to be addressed with sincere respect. The people living on the manor would refer to the noble, when they were talking directly to the noble, as “my lord.”…

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    wife. Unfortunately, her efforts failed and Lady Madison passed away. A few weeks later the bodies of Charles’s eldest son and Sir Rose, were put upon an old mule and sent back to the manor house. In Christopher’s hand was a note which was addressed: LORD CHARLES ELTON I: FOR YOUR EYES ONLY!! To this day, no one knows what the note read. But, it said that Charles fell to his knees and wept upon seeing both his greatest warrior and his loving son's bodies that day. Something snapped in Charles’s…

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    access to jobs, equal pay to men and still being paid on maternity leave. Equality in criminal punishment, eg, if a family wanted justice on a women it wouldn’t be fair if she didn’t have to do as much time in jail as a man would’ve done for doing the exact same action. Back then she would be considered equivalent to slaves or minors under the authority of their fathers or husbands, she also wouldn’t have equal opportunities when being educated, or to the same level as men. As has been stated,…

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    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…

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    The question I will be answering is the one concerning journeys. We have read and discussed in class a few stories that deal with journeys. The three that I will be looking at are, Asleep in the Lord, Artificial Nigger, and Remains of the Day. The story Asleep in the Lord follows a man named Mitchel, who traveled to India to help in a Mother Teresa house. He is a man that has been traveling for some time trying to find a place where he can feel like he is making a difference and belongs. In the…

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    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…

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    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…

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    of Feudalism. It was based on a set of rights between a lord and his serfs. The Manor System was happening during the time of Feudalism and was a way of earning money and having power. The system was very one sided money wise. Between the lord and the serfs, the lord would benefit the most. The Manor System was a way to compromise all the “lands, buildings, and individuals” that belonged to a lord (Streissguth). The system worked by a lord giving out “housing, farmland, and protection from…

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    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?”…

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    Feudalism - Applying Annotations Privileges: Commissions: King Nobles and Church officials Knights Peasants and serfs King (Monarch) Social Rights: The king sat at the top of the social hierarchy, had control over everyone in his kingdom, and granted land to nobles and Church officials. The king even had the right to go into any house in his kingdom, stay there as long as he pleased at the owners expense and take anything he wanted from that house. Living conditions: The king…

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