Medieval+European+Society

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**Introduction ****： **


Medieval, also known as the Middle Ages( about 476 -1453)was an era in European history (mostly Western Europe), start to the Western Roman Empire, until the Eastern Roman Empire ,the rise of nation-state.

"Middle Ages" this word started to use for the late 15th century humanists. Europe hadn’t a strong power to rule in that time. Feudal separatism brought so many wars, result the development of technology and productivity stagnation, people living in hopeless and pain. So the Middle Ages or the early Middle Ages in Europe generally known as the "dark ages", the traditional view that this is the period of the history of European civilization that development slowly.

The same period to European  began to happen a lot of culture develop, that called the Renaissance, which many countries from the Catholic Church and changed the rules of the Protestantism , then often caused by sectarian different political infighting, and even many religious war.

**Rank **（ Grade from big to small ）

² King ² Archbishop of red ² Archbishop of various areas ² Archbishop ² Martyr【 equivalent to white ride escort, is the invisible forces 】 ² Hereditary duke ² Duke ² The marquis【and so many the same rank of it】 ² Earl ² Viscount ² Baron ² Family heads ² Knight princes ² Nun dean ² Aided the abbes 【 and the same rank to nuns Priest 】 ² Knight ² Civilians

**System **

 * The early eighth century, was a plus Lorraine dynasty political unity and Abednego Bernie Firth was the leadership of the unified s religion, appeared a rural system now call manor system. About the origin of the custom are very mystery, and controversial, but it was formed the frank which main characteristics of the eighth century that was a way to the village or forest land and wasteland these divided artificially fiefdoms territory. In essence, manor system connected the land for fiefdoms elite and farmers. The land belongs to an owner--a lord, a female lord, bishop, or the monastery; the farmers work for this land some are slaves, some is the serf, some are free farmers, in this land production out of the things being sent directly to fiefdoms warehouse. The slaves to live here, supported by manor, they use all of its work to repay the manor. The serfs work for their own land and pay the rent of land for the Lord. Free farmers generally do not work for others, but need to use cash or goods to pay for rent. Interestingly, Women also work all day as a slave to farm, and men are more as a residential serf. This kind of situation are because manor policy or gender discrimination, or the peoples killed so many baby girls，we don't know.


 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial unicode ms','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Along with the development of economy and the judicial power, for many farmers, "the government" means they service fiefdoms, because in the local environment of their life was protection and management. For many noble who got wealth, authority, and infantry from fiefdom. But to ones like Charlemagne such king, it will become a kind as control a world and made his power bigger. For example, he tried to require each four workers in the house choose one for his army to provide an infantry.

__<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Vassal Enfeoffment System __ <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'arial unicode ms','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">This system inequality is very obvious. But at that time, because of personal survival and security needs, and the lack of legal system, then make the middle ages only depended on this system and the medieval economic, also meant only to rely on get the land, so peoples were willing to join the system to become a member of the "chain". This system of inequality, not freedom and destiny, and people's quality of life also have nothing to do, because most people agree with this ; On the contrary, freedom, and equality will make people cannot survive in the middle ages.

__<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">The feudal system __<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">： <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial unicode ms','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Feudal society as was a regime simple and logical. The king separation of a part of the land as own territory, personally management the land was the royal family source of income. The king will separation of the rest of the land to the royal family to noble chamberlain, let them be fief lords. Of course, income also will be to the lords all. Theoretically, king can fiefs recovered at any time, and when they dead the land will be return to the king. But in fact, the medieval Kings' power has been so small, it is not enough to take back to the nobles have been fiefdoms; this land finally became the hereditary nobles' assets. Accept the return as the king's reward, these noble admitted that the king was their lords, and they are the king's chamberlains, especially to provide a number of knights in combat for the king.Nobles as king's retinue, at the same time, they also can be the lord. They can divided the land again, then give to his aide.

**<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS','serif'; font-size: 29px;">Invention ****<span style="font-family: 宋体; font-size: 29px;">： **
<span style="color: #2b2b2b; display: block; font-family: 'arial unicode ms','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Medieval savage invention: chastity belt

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial unicode ms','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">This is a Invented that brutal trample women in Medieval Europe, its purpose were also forced women abide by the chastity for man. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial unicode ms','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Chastity belt, main is made of two pieces of iron, keep the urine of pore, a type of yoke that lock in the women's lower body .Husband has this key who only open the lock of the chastity belt, remove chastity belt, can have sex. So, the man go out, can do not worry about his wife.

** CONNECTION TO THE ANTHEM: **




 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">The society in medieval European known as “dark ages”, feudal system and so many systems brought wars and illness. And the Science, technology and productivity development stalled. The society in the novel also can call” dark ages “, which society is so many rules and peoples must be obeying to council.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">The ranks in the Anthem are apparent and council controls everything that the civilians were no power and freedom. Equality wants to go to council of scholar because that means power and knowledge. But they couldn’t choose their job and they work for council and supported by council. For the farmer in Medieval European, government supported and protection their environment, so they use all of work to repay the manor and government and no remuneration.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">Medieval European society dependent on the vassal enfeoffment system because people want to survival in that time they are no freedom and destiny. Freedom and equality will make Peoples cannot live in that society. In Anthem there are also no freedom and democracy, then people want to survival that must to abide by the law and obey to the government.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">The invention for chastity belt that show the women no freedom in that society and the inequality between men and women. The women just for Give birth to children in the novel, they were no chose. They both show the status for women.

__The other information:__

 * 1) Prometheus
 * 2) Leonardo Davinci
 * 3) Individualism
 * 4) Statue of Liberty
 * 5) Symbols of Liberty