FEUDALISM IN THE MIDDLE AGES FOR KIDS FREE

And this cannot be dismissed as a technological issue brought about by progress. “It is a fact of history that no king could push his people into war as rapidly and as fluidly as George Bush or Barack Obama. In the words of The Lawes Resolutions : 'All of them are understood either married or to be married.' In 1603 England, in short, still lived in a world governed by feudal law, where a wife passed from the guardianship of her father to her husband her husband also stood in relation to her as a feudal lord.” What of those who did not marry? Common law met that problem blandly by not recognizing it. Once she was married her property became absolutely that of her husband. As an unmarried woman her rights were swallowed up in her father's, and she was his to dispose of in marriage at will. Under the common law of England at the accession of King James I, no female had any rights at all (if some were allowed by custom). That was the way God had arranged Creation, sanctified in the words of the Apostle.

“It was a fact generally acknowledged by all but the most contumacious spirits at the beginning of the seventeenth century that woman was the weaker vessel weaker than man, that is. It seems bizarre for modern folk to pine for a way of life our ancestors rightfully fought desperately to escape.” Why should the deposed prince or princess in every clichéd tale be chosen to lead the quest against the Dark Lord? Why not elect a new leader by merit, instead of clinging to the inbred scions of a failed royal line? Why not ask the pompous, patronizing, 'good' wizard for something useful, such as flush toilets, movable type, or electricity for every home in the kingdom? Given half a chance, the sons and daughters of peasants would rather not grow up to be servants.

FEUDALISM IN THE MIDDLE AGES FOR KIDS FREE

that so many of them take place in cultures that are rigid, hierarchical, stratified, and in essence oppressive? What is so appealing about feudalism, that so many free citizens of an educated commonwealth like ours love reading about and picturing life under hereditary lords? Why do so few writers of heroic or epic fantasy ever deal with the fundamental quandary of their novels.

“While I have the floor, here's a question that's been bothering me for some time.

Feudalism in the middle ages for kids