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(a) The <u>survival</u> in the West of the <u>civilization of Mediterraneen antiquity</u> after a prolonged eclipse - (at least 1/2 millenium in the West, though <u>not</u> in the East or South).<br /> | (a) The <u>survival</u> in the West of the <u>civilization of Mediterraneen antiquity</u> after a prolonged eclipse - (at least 1/2 millenium in the West, though <u>not</u> in the East or South).<br /> | ||
(b) That this survival was achieved through the instrumentality of so-called <u>feudal society</u> of the High Middle Ages, a society characterised although to a varying extent<br /> | (b) That this survival was achieved through the instrumentality of so-called <u>feudal society</u> of the High Middle Ages, a society characterised although to a varying extent<br /> | ||
{{Page |n°=2}} {{Page |n°=3}} | (1) <u>politically</u>, by a loose form of government (particularism);<br /> | ||
(2) <u>militarily</u>, by the prevalence of a military system based on a privileged <u>chivalry</u> supported by <u>landholdings</u>; | |||
(3) <u>economically</u> a system of predominantly self-sufficient rural households based on <u>labor</u>: organized (i) hierarchically (ii) with limited obligations, and (iii) personally dependent. | |||
The question is this: Since <u>primitive feudalism</u> and the essentially different <u>feudalism of decay</u> are both <u>sociological</u> phenomena (i.e. <u>not</u> not limited to a definite society or culture, time and place), how was the <u>historical</u> phenomenon of Western feudalism brought about, and as its consequence the survival of the legacy of ancient civilization? | |||
<u>Primitive feudalism</u> is a development out of tribal society which is mainly induced by territorial expansion (whatever its {{Page |n°=2}} cause be). (The <u>city state</u> of antiquity seems primarily a development out of tribal society without the feudal characteristics - no expension | |||
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== Text Informations == | == Text Informations == | ||
'''Reference''':<br /> | '''Reference''':<br /> | ||
'''KPA''': [[30/17]]<br /> | '''KPA''': [[30/17]]<br /> | ||
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[1] Two outstanding facts about western civilization as a historical event are:
(a) The survival in the West of the civilization of Mediterraneen antiquity after a prolonged eclipse - (at least 1/2 millenium in the West, though not in the East or South).
(b) That this survival was achieved through the instrumentality of so-called feudal society of the High Middle Ages, a society characterised although to a varying extent
(1) politically, by a loose form of government (particularism);
(2) militarily, by the prevalence of a military system based on a privileged chivalry supported by landholdings;
(3) economically a system of predominantly self-sufficient rural households based on labor: organized (i) hierarchically (ii) with limited obligations, and (iii) personally dependent.
The question is this: Since primitive feudalism and the essentially different feudalism of decay are both sociological phenomena (i.e. not not limited to a definite society or culture, time and place), how was the historical phenomenon of Western feudalism brought about, and as its consequence the survival of the legacy of ancient civilization?
Primitive feudalism is a development out of tribal society which is mainly induced by territorial expansion (whatever its [2] cause be). (The city state of antiquity seems primarily a development out of tribal society without the feudal characteristics - no expension [3]
Text Informations
Reference:
KPA: 30/17