Western Civilization I / Unit 11 WC1 1019 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Feudalism Comes of Age: Fief, Service, Cash
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The idea
In the eleventh and twelfth centuries feudalism matured: fiefs for military service or, increasingly, cash in lieu of it, a rigid hierarchy by birth, and a nobility whose vocation was land and war.
In practice
Cash service as the first crack in the bargain.
Where people slip
Unit 10 taught the origins. This is the working system.
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