Law lords

European feudalism was based on contract and Japanese feudalism was based on personal relationship with the lord and vassal. This helps prove that the differences between European and Japanese feudalism made limited government more likely to develop in the West because a contract limits what the lords and vassals could do. William, the king of English, said, “I command you [the vassal] to summon all those who are under your charge......and bring ready with you those five knights that you owe me[

owned by the Kings ("People of the Middle Ages"2), and the king would make laws, with ministers and parliament (Macdonald, 30). Since there was only one of him, he gave land to loyal Lords and Knights to rule land ("People of the Middle Ages"). The king would give land to Knights, who would become vassals. The king even allowed peasants to make a living off his land which would take place in for example a manor run by a Lord or vassal (Brooks 1). From the feudal system, Kings also gained many things

self-sufficient (Cels 6). They produced their own food, clothing, and farming tools (Cels 6). Peasants grew crops in the fields, and “livestock grazed in meadows” (Cels 5). Along with growing food, they also made products for their families, their lord, and to sell to other towns (Cels 8). They farmed grains like oats, barley, and wheat, which were then made into flour to bake with (Jovinelly and Netelkos 12). The forests on the manor provided the people with wood, which was used for building and

Plague from fleas in the fields (King 4). Serfs were bound to land that the lord owned. The serfs provided their own food and clothing from his work. Along with feeding himself, he had to give a portion to the lord

Robin Hood and Feudalism ROBIN HOOD In the years of King Richard the Lionheart (1189-1199) there lived a brave and intelligent man called Robin Hood. He was a feared outlaw, who loved liberty and hated oppression. He took the law into his own hands and robbed the rich to give to the poor. People loved him and thought of him as a justice-maker. In time he acquired a heroic reputation and came to represent the ideal of heroism of his age. Stories about him and his closest friends Friar Tuck

manor’s land. In return for the work, lords would protect the peasants and gave them a share of land to grow their crops (Cels 4). Peasants that did not own any land would be hired by lords or peasants who were in better condition than them to work for them on the land (Cels 8). Peasants had to work almost for the whole day growing food and making other things for their family and to give to the lords (Cels 4). Peasants would work for three days a weeks for the lord and they had to work for extra time

their previous conditioning as to what is right or wrong. In the novel The Lord of the Flies, young boys are stranded somewhere totally new, both in its physical and social environments, and once civilization is stripped away, a clear dividing line separates those who fight the savagery from those who embrace it. The physical environment of the island greatly impacted the characters and their storylines in The Lord of the Flies. The climate of the island meant that the boys did not need to

economic  activity.  The  economic structure prevailing then became known as Feudalism, a term which has come  to mean, an economic system based on Lordship (ownership) of vast Land (also known  as  the  ‘manor’  or  ‘estate’),  owned  by  a  senior  lord,  who  gave  the  right  of  cultivation  (fief)  to  a  lower  rank  of  people  called  the

Lord of the Flies William Golding’s, The Lord of the Flies, has symbols scattered throughout the book that calls into thing the readers own logic and the minds of the human race. These symbols represent the charters and their decisions throughout the book. As these symbols develop the characters fill into what the symbolism means and making it into a reality. The three most important symbols in the book are the conch, the beast, and the “Lord of the Flies”. The Conch represents law, order, and power

when they got hurt (Brooks 14). Everyone in the military would be expected to fight when called upon in return for lords giving smaller estates (MacDonald 8). Knights weren’t just there to fight, they were expected to give things back