HIST 1500H Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Middle Ages, Animal Sacrifice, Jab
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Early middle ages and the rise of islam. Conversion is a two way people: in middle ages, german pagans became christians and christianity changed because of this. Structure of german society: leaders are completely separate from their lower classes (peasants, evolves to feudal society, where aristocracy is based on birth. Aristocrats fight, both for their bosses (kings, more important aristocrats) and to defend their land/serfs: power had to be local. Distant king or ruler was not possible because the lack of effective means of communication. King or his aristocrats had to rule over their people directly: held court, collected fines, got in peoples" faces, etc, most medieval kings died young. King/his warriors prayed to the major gods. Reflected more the structure of german society: obliteration versus accommodation. Church needed a away to contact people with media and personnel to administer to people.
