HIST 101 Lecture 18: Harding-HIST101-11:10
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Developments in feudalism: the three estates, those who fight, those who pray, those who work. Those who fight: knighthood, chivalry, defined gender roles, offered stability, courtly love, vassal owes 40 days of military service per year, subinfeudation. Tournaments: able to hone skills, release tension, the medieval equivalent to breakdancing. Castles: everything is set up for defense, designed to wait out attack. Chivalry and courtly love: mostly arranged, marry off to join forces, elaborate love letters written, not physical affair. Noble women: no legal rights, seen as property of father or husband, heads covered. Those who pray: se(cid:272)o(cid:374)d so(cid:374)s (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)e priests (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause they (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t ow(cid:374) la(cid:374)d, pay to go into convent. Monasticism (monkhood: 529- st. be(cid:374)edi(cid:272)t"s rules, 3 vows, obedience, chastity, poverty, large landholders. Roles of monasteries: supervised religious activities, order in rural areas, expanded agriculture, landowners, social services, hospital. Inns: library, schools, maintained cultural continuity and the authority of the church. Agricultural improvements: expansion of arable land, 3-field system.
