Feudal Society and Medieval Kingship - Lesson #6 of Introduction to Medieval History | Online Course
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2022
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In this video, we will investigate the unique societal institutions which developed during the early Middle Ages. We will define the "tripartite society" which became the dominate organizational structure. We’ll explore the concept of medieval kingship and "feudalism", and examine the historiographical debate around the use of the term. We'll see how kings during the Middle Ages were often weak and required the support the feudal military class. During the early middle ages, nobles created webs of military alliances and power was most often locally exerted (rather than from a central state or king). We’ll also see what it was like to be a medieval peasant, we’ll look at the institution of manorialism and serfdom.
The textbook for the course is Barbara Rosenwein's A Short History of the Middle Ages:
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It's a great introduction to the Middle Ages and very easy to read with lots of great maps, pictures and primary sources.
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Chapters
1:33 Learning Objectives
2:03 Beginning of Capetian Dynasty
2:42 The Tripartite Divisions of Medieval Society
3:35 Feudalism and the problems with how it is taught
4:10 Origin and definition of "feudalism"
5:18 Why the pyramid is incorrect
6:08 How "Game of Thrones" can help us understand feudal society
6:42 Medieval Kings are weak and the violence of Early Middle Ages
11:07 The web of feudal relationships (alternative to pyramid).
12:42 The complexity of Normandy for feudalism
15:45 Peasants, serfdom and manorialism
19:47 The feudal Christian Church
In this online degree breadth course, Students survey the breadth of medieval history in Europe, North Africa, Anatolia and the Middle East spanning the late Roman period to the sixteenth century. Through integrated reading assignments, podcasts, videos and other media, students explore the major economic, political, social and religious developments that account for the shape of medieval civilization and its influence on subsequent centuries.
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Our family has been using your videos to help my homeschooled 6th grader understand Medieval History and the interconnectedness of various time periods and places vs. learning isolated events om a time-line. She loves your videos (and so do I)! We can't wait for the next videos to see "what happens next."
Thank you for posting your work and for making history tangible and fun!
Thanks so much! Your comment made my day. :) My apologies for the delay on the next lesson. I've been swamped with grading. I should be releasing it tomorrow.
anxiously awaiting the next episode. Cheers from a brazilian historian
Glad you’re enjoying it Matheus! Next episode will be launching in about a week. We are on “ reading week” now at my college so the students are off right now.
As I watch the videos in this course I'm really noticing how well you explain things! A lot of the books and videos I've been watching fail to explain things as well as you do. I don't quite know why! Perhaps your explanations are simple yet complete?
Also the music at 19:27 is so so beautiful.
It’s by Johannes Bornlöf (Bonnie Grace Musical Project)
Thanks! I’m glad you find them useful.