Class Conflict and the Crisis of Feudalism
Class Conflict and the Crisis of Feudalism

Author: Rodney Hilton

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 1985-07-01

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 0826427383

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The conflict between landlords and peasants over the appropriation of the surplus product of the peasant holding was a prime mover in the evolution of medieval society. In this collection of essays Rodney Hilton looks at the economic context within which these conflicts took place. He seeks to explain the considerable variations in the size, composition and management of landed estates and investigates the nature of medieval urbanisation, a consequence of the development of both local commodity production and long distance trade in luxury goods. By setting the broader economic context – the nature of the peasant and landlord economies and the commercialisation of peasant production – Hilton's essays enable a thorough understanding of the relationship between landlords and peasants in medieval society.

It's a Feudal, Feudal World
It's a Feudal, Feudal World

Author: Stephen Shapiro

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781554515530

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Presents facts on the structure of feudal society, showing how people lived and worked, and major events of the time such as religious persecution and the crusades.

Mediaeval Feudalism
Mediaeval Feudalism

Author: Carl Stephenson

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 1942

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780801490132

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Gives a clear and concise account of the feudal system, from its origin and growth to its decay. Also covers the principles of feudal tenure, chivalry, the military life of the nobility, and the workings of the feudal government.

Feudal America
Feudal America

Author: Vladimir Shlapentokh

Publisher: Penn State Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 0271037814

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"Uses a feudal model to analyze contemporary American society, comparing its essential characteristics to those of medieval European societies"--Provided by publisher.

Feudal Society
Feudal Society

Author: Marc Bloch

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 9780415039161

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Annotation. Feudal Society discusses the economic and social conditions in which feudalism developed providing a deep understanding of the processes at work in medieval Europe.

Feudalism, venality, and revolution
Feudalism, venality, and revolution

Author: Stephen Miller

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2020-10-27

Total Pages: 339

ISBN-13: 1526148366

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According to Alexis de Tocqueville’s influential work on the Old Regime and the French Revolution, royal centralisation had so weakened the feudal power of the nobles that their remaining privileges became glaringly intolerable to commoners. This book challenges the theory by showing that when Louis XVI convened assemblies of landowners in the late 1770s and 1780s to discuss policies needed to resolve the budgetary crisis, he faced widespread opposition from lords and office holders. These elites regarded the assemblies as a challenge to their hereditary power over commoners. The king’s government comprised seigneurial jurisdictions and venal offices. Lordships and offices upheld inequality on behalf of the nobility and bred the discontent motivating the people to make the French Revolution.