Nobility

The middle ages were dark times. In the middle ages there were social classes that organized the people into sections. This was called the feudal system. The feudal system was a system in which the nobles of the middle ages kept the ownership and control of their lands. It was how people were ranked, for example peasants, lords and knights. It was cruel and unfair because some people were higher ranked than others, and fewer people which were called peasants had very few rights. On the other…

Feudalism was the medieval model of government predating the birth of modern nation state. It discouraged united government and trade and economic growth. Under feudalism the lord would grant his subjects land in return for their services. When the Roman Empire collapsed feudalism was able to grow out of pure chaos. The basic structure of feudalism is a king at the top who had lords to serve him. As for castles those were built by the nobles in order to enable protection. Feudalism was a stage…

The word noble is used in the play Julius Caesar with such frequency that it is hard to tell if it is a compliment or an insult. Noble is used to describe the characters of Antony, Brutus, Caesar, plus all of the conspirators who attacked and killed Caesar. It seems that most every man in Rome is noble or honorable despite his short-comings. At the end of the play, Antony refers to Brutus as “…the noblest Roman of them all.” In my opinion the distinction of being the “noblest” belongs to…

Can you imagine living in a world where knights protected lords in exchange for land? Well, when the Franks invented feudalism (OI), that’s what happened. Knights would protect lords or kings, and then the kings would give the knights land. Peasants would work on the land and take care of everything while the knights were protecting the land. As you can see, feudalism influenced the social, economic, and political lives of the people who lived then. In the Early Middle Ages, a person’s social…

There is a lot of things that should be taken into consideration if one wants to consider themselves or others noble or worthy. Kindness, intelligence, and patience are some of the many characteristics that can make others think of noble and worthiness. In the written novel Animal Farm, by George Orwell introduces the readers to the animals that live on the farm. Instead of having human beings be a part the novel, the animals are actually the ones discussing their conflict and solutions…

The Telemakhy(Books 1-4) Characters: -Gods: Zues*, Athena(Also disguised as Mentor, 284~)+, Kalypso-, -Mortals: Telemakhos(son of Odysseus)+, Penelope(Wife of Odysseus)+ , Antinoos(Suitor of Penelope)-, Eurymakhos(Suitor of Penelope)-, other suitors-, Peisenor(Crier of Ithaka)*, Leokritos(???)-, Mentor(Comrade of Odysseus)+, Eurykleia(Devoted nurse of the Laertes household)+, Nestor(Prince of charioteers, comrade of Odysseus)+*, Menaloas(Comrade of Odysseus)+, Eteonas(Guard/Doorman for…

Colonial Social Class The first interesting topic I found on the website was about colonial social classes it went into detail about each social class within in that area, and about what each social class was entitled too. For instance, enslaved field hands such as field workers worked Monday through Saturday from sun up to sun down. These field hands mostly worked in the tobacco or cotton fields and they only had Sundays off for themselves. This form of labor was considered the most back…

Module 9 Key Terms Feudalism Feudalism refers to a combination of military and legal customs in European medieval and aristocratic knights that flourished between the 9th and 15th century. It explains a set of both military and judicial responsibilities among warriors, revolving around three centers, that is the vassals, lords, and fiefs/land. Feudalism does not only incorporate the seizure of the land or the kings but also concentrates on the sovereignty of the state to exercise the feudal…

Living in a time such as the middle ages was a blessing and a curse due to feudalism and the impact it had upon the society. Feudalism greatly affected the economy of the society and all the people who had lived in the middle ages. Along with economy, military was affected due to the feudal system and the rules it had towards soldiers and knights. But without the church and Culture feudalism would not even had existed. The feudal system greatly impacted the middle ages and affected the role that…

Samurai and Knights Essay Maybe, the samurais and knights are both warriors, but that does not mean they are similar. In 1000 - 1500, during the medieval times, Japan built a warrior class called Samurai and Europe built a warrior class called Knights. They developed a thing called feudalism and they built a warrior class. Were the similarities greater than the differences or are the differences greater than the similarities? The similarities between samurai and knights were not greater than…