HIST-102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Little Ice Age
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Russia abolished it in the 1861: napoleon brought the end of serfdom in central europe, serfdom also declined due to the black plague, few urban centres in europe, towns/cities are administrative and not true economic structures. You have to support: popes/arch-bishops thought they had the right to judge a king"s conduct. Christian and (cid:498)had the right to be judged(cid:499) by the priests, which the kings did not like: a vassal pledges loyalty and military service. European kingdoms at the time didn"t have personal armies so (cid:498)vassals(cid:499) helped in military. The chinese have a planned army but not europe, so kings would call vassals as crusades to go on a military campaign and vassals are obliged to give 40 days of military service (mounted cavalry. Provide for horse/armour) and after 40 days they could debate. Baronial court/seigneurial court (france). name (local justice system).