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History Review through The Middle English Period

History Review through The Middle English Period. Michael Cheng National Chengchi University. Feudalism. Evolved from Germanic sippes Hlaford or Eorl: Ring giver Thanes: Fight to the death Freemen or Ceorls Geneatas, peasant aristocracy, paid rent to their overlord Kotsetlas Geburs

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History Review through The Middle English Period

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  1. History Review throughThe Middle English Period Michael Cheng National Chengchi University

  2. Feudalism

  3. Evolved from Germanic sippes Hlaford or Eorl: Ring giver Thanes: Fight to the death Freemen or Ceorls Geneatas, peasant aristocracy, paid rent to their overlord Kotsetlas Geburs Theow: slave or bondsmen Ceorls could become Thanes; Thanes could become Eorls King Barons Knights Serfs Freemen: 10% paid rent for land Villeins: land for work Half-villeins: half the land, all the work Cottagers: no land, just hut Bordars Slaves Serfdom was inherited; could never leave the land. Comitatus vs. Feudalism

  4. Villeins escaped to the cities for better work opportunities

  5. Historical Map of France in 1422 - After the Second English Invasion • Illustrating • French and English Possessions • http://www.emersonkent.com/map_archive/france_1422.htm

  6. End of Middle English Period HOUSE OF LANCASTER Henry IV 1399-1413 Henry V 1413-1422 Henry VI 1422-1461 HOUSE OF YORK Edward IV 1461-1483 Edward V 1483 Richard III 1483-1485 • England has lost its continental possessions

  7. End of the Middle English Period • 1474 William Caxton prints his first book in English • 1476 Caxton sets up shop in London

  8. 1423 Parliamentary records in English • 1450 Town laws in English • 1489 All statutes in English

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