History of the United States I / Unit 1 USH1 0018 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Europe's Middle Ages
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The idea
The Middle Ages ran from Rome's fall in four seventy-six to the late fourteenth century. Under feudalism lords owned the land, knights served militarily, and serfs were about sixty percent of western Europe's population.
In practice
People retreating into walled cities such as Carcassonne, fearing Vikings, Mongols, Arabs and Magyars.
Where people slip
Serfs were technically free but effectively bound to the land.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
- Nothing. This is a starting point.
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