Feudalism

new wave of fragmentation in europe

• vikings, islamic, magyar

Vikings operated by coming up rivers, plundering cities and then leaving

• European kings were forced to buy Viking raiders off

Power in europe became all about feudalism

• as the king everything belongs to you and you can give that land to a noble so that noble can be loyal and will fight for the king

• Land is calle dthe fiefs

• the nobles were called his vassals

becomes more complicated because the top-down pyramid is not real

• When Rollo the viking became Duke of normandy

Cities:Guilds

• towns have their own organization and their organized through guilds

  • They are like unions of merchants

  • You have merchant guilds who decide who can trade

    • Guild Courts ensure that customers are not getting scammed

    • There are also trade guild who monopolize a certain trade in that town. control who practices that trade

    • the trade guilds doesnt want everyone to be a master craftsmen

Over time the third estate became more diveresed which made feudalism not make sense

• merchants start removing theirselves from the guilds

• traid guilds also struggled to maintain control innovation and increased demand