Living in the Material World
David K. Levine
The feudal social revolution was the other side of success Gregorian Reformation. In period around year 1000, various grades dependent cultivators found themselves being incorporated into a single class, although originally, they and their landholdings had been displayed in range juridical conditions, stretching from freedom to slavery. creation rural lordship its origins transformation freemen slaves serfs villains. This dominant process twelve generations who lived rise Carolingians through 1000. After specialized development these manorial units evolved response positive feedback system. dramatic increase role money economy did not transform manor an exchange economy, but independent character shattered as commercial considerations permeated every transaction.
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