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Humanities Topic 3 (life on the manor for men,woman and children (woman,…

- - - - Geoffrey Chaucer is a writer who wrote canterbury tales,it was written about 1391,this book examines medieval english society
        
        The Knights Tale
        
        The Reeves Tale
        
        The Millers Tale
        
        The Monks Tale
        
        The Franklins Tale
        
        The Squires Tale
    - - William the conqueror carried out a stock take of all property in England in the late eleventh century.this record is called the "domesday book",it is an incredibly useful source for historians
  - - - cottages were usually made up of thatch (straw) and stone but was often renovated because thatch is meant to be replaces every 20-30 years
- - - - which was the time in which roman empire had fallen in 476 CE to about 1000 CE
        
        it was the time in which people believed that Romes's light was extinguished and Europe was plunged into darkness
        
        until it began to advance in its knowledge and learning in a time as the renaissance
        
        many historians avoid using the term "Dark ages" because it downplays the discoveries made
  - - - these barbarians were still able to overthrow the roman empire
        
        historians have many theories to explain the fall of rome
        
        the roman legions increasingly enlisted "barbarians ,whos loyalty could no longer be granted
        
        the adoption of christianity as the official religion of the empire blunted their desire to conquer
        
        the roman population was declining
        
        infighting and civil war weakened the empire
        
        the empire was too big to survive
  - - - its capital was the city of Constantinople(modern day istanbul)
        
        the byzantine empire lasted another thousand years until it was conquered by the turks in 1453 CE
        
        many kingdoms emerged to fill the vast in the western roman empire ,at different times
        
        goths
        
        vandals
        
        huns
- - - - people who lived in villages were peasants/poor farmers that worked in the near by lands
      - most of the wealth came from the produce generated by peasants
      - peasants make up 90% of the population and the largest social class
    - - most communities were based around small villages
      - few small towns in medievel europe
    - - owner of all the land in the kingdom (highest social class)
    - - they were the big land owning nobles,in return they ask for right over the land and the peasants working on the land
    - - were required to give their loyalty to the king by fighting for their lord or by collecting taxes from peasants
    - - in return for land they give the king their loyalty
    - - gain land by the monarch
        
        clergy: Officals of the church
  - - - if oath was ever broken then the monarch would take their land and source of power