| Descript |
95 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Beginning: How the feudal system began -- Ceremony of Homage -- Oath of Fealty -- Vassal and his lord -- Charlemagne's mounted soldiers -- Feudalism becomes the fashion -- Knights' fiefs -- French feudal aristocrats -- Profession fit for a gentleman -- Dubbing a knight -- Life in the first castles -- Middle: Anglo-Saxon farmers -- Feudal beginnings in England -- Norman conquest -- Knights for the King's army -- Life in return for services rendered -- New Norman Lords -- Motte-and-Bailey castles -- Men who prayed -- Life in a monastery -- Before printing was invented -- Good and bad monks -- Norman cathedrals -- Crusaders -- Men who labored -- "Week Work" and "Boon Work" -- Life in a medieval village -- Farmer's year -- Saints'days and holidays -- End: Why towns grew up -- Life in a medieval town -- Medieval London -- Changing needs -- Cash payments instead of services -- Rules of chivalry -- New deal for ladies -- Magna Carta -- Beginnings of Parliament -- End of the feudal system. |
| Summary |
The panorama of feudal life in Europe: the reasons for its development, daily life of the people, and its decline. |
| Subject |
Feudalism -- Juvenile literature.
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Middle Ages -- Juvenile literature.
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Feudalism.
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Middle Ages.
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| Add Author |
Mars, W. T. (Witold T.), illustrator.
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| ISBN |
9780448259703 lib.bdg. : $4.60 |
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