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History Review through The Middle English Period. Michael Cheng National Chengchi University. Feudalism. Evolved from Germanic sippes Hlaford or Eorl: Ring giver Thanes: Fight to the death Freemen or Ceorls Geneatas, peasant aristocracy, paid rent to their overlord Kotsetlas Geburs - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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History Review throughThe Middle English Period
Michael Cheng National Chengchi University
Feudalism
Comitatus vs. FeudalismEvolved from Germanic sippesHlaford or Eorl: Ring giverThanes: Fight to the deathFreemen or Ceorls– Geneatas, peasant
aristocracy, paid rent to their overlord
– Kotsetlas– Geburs
Theow: slave or bondsmenCeorls could become Thanes; Thanes could become Eorls
King BaronsKnightsSerfs– Freemen: 10% paid rent for
land– Villeins: land for work– Half-villeins: half the land,
all the work– Cottagers: no land, just hut– Bordars– Slaves
Serfdom was inherited; could never leave the land.
Villeins escaped to the cities for better work opportunities
Historical Map of France in 1422 - After the Second English Invasion
Illustrating
French and English Possessions
http://www.emersonkent.com/map_archive/france_1422.htm
End of Middle English Period
HOUSE OF LANCASTER
Henry IV 1399-1413
Henry V 1413-1422
Henry VI 1422-1461
HOUSE OF YORK
Edward IV 1461-1483
Edward V1483
Richard III 1483-1485
England has lost its continental possessions
End of the Middle English Period
1474 William Caxton prints his first book in English
1476 Caxton sets up shop in London
1423 Parliamentary records in English
1450 Town laws in English
1489 All statutes in English