Western Civilization - History Of European Society

200Chapter 11 Some medieval diseases appear to have no modern counterparts, a tribute to the rapidity with which viruses and bac ...

Material and Social Life in the Middle Ages201 about which little is known. They were probably as ef- fective as the nostrums ad ...

202Chapter 11
The Evolution of the Chivalric Ideal The knights, too, became more decorative and the- atrical with the passage ...

Material and Social Life in the Middle Ages203 Relative peace was an even greater threat to the knightly ethos. In the absence o ...

204Chapter 11 was a compelling goal. A sense of lineage developed early in feudal families and was strengthened immeasur- ably b ...

Material and Social Life in the Middle Ages205
Medieval Society: The Village In the High Middle Ages, 90 percent of all Europe ...

206Chapter 11 utensils. Castles and manor houses might contain a bedstead for the lord and cupboards for the storage of leftover ...

Material and Social Life in the Middle Ages207 church or festive occasions (see document 11.3). Both were washed when possible. ...

208Chapter 11 it was: a community made up exclusively of peasants, which, after the family, was their chief protection against a ...

Material and Social Life in the Middle Ages209 in the north. The phenomenon is probably related to the concept of the domus,or h ...

210Chapter 11 northern Europe, this normally happened in the early or mid-twenties for both men and women, a pattern now regarde ...

Material and Social Life in the Middle Ages211 Practical considerations were more important in the se- lection of a mate. Proper ...

212Chapter 11 which was not uncommon in a world of high mortality. Godparents were nominally responsible for the care of childre ...

Material and Social Life in the Middle Ages213 centuries profoundly altered the behavior and self- image of the upper classes. T ...

CHAPTER OUTLINE I. Introduction II. Famine, Economic Decline, and the Black Death (1315–50) A. The Economic Consequences of the ...

Plague, War, and Social Change in the “Long”Fourteenth Century 215 branch failed it created a domino effect that might bring dow ...

216 Chapter 12 The data presented in this table show the dramatic effects of the Black Death as well as the substantial in- crea ...

The information presented in this graph shows the rela- tionship of agricultural prices, industrial wages and prices, and popula ...

218 Chapter 12 cheap firewood and building material. A larger percent- age of the grain crop was devoted to the brewing of beer, ...

Plague, War, and Social Change in the “Long”Fourteenth Century 219 the permission of the liege lord was usually required and cou ...