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World History Lecture Five (view source)
Revision as of 13:37, February 26, 2009
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Feudalism had much that many people miss today. For example, people worked close to home, and there was no commuting or traveling to a job. No one was "laid off" by a big company then and left without work. Communities were strong and people defended each other against foreign enemies. Families stayed close together. Perhaps the roots of homeschooling are in feudalism!
Feudalism had much that many people miss today. For example, people worked close to home, and there was no commuting or traveling to a job. No one was "laid off" by a big company then and left without work. Communities were strong and people defended each other against foreign enemies. Families stayed close together. Perhaps the roots of homeschooling are in feudalism!
However, like many idealistic things, chivalry was not followed if it became too inconvenient; for example, at the Battle of Agincourt, the English had taken a large number of prisoners (far outweighing their own men) when they received word of a new French force approaching. The English king, who was by all accounts an extremely pious man, immediately ordered the execution of all but the highest born of the prisoners, so that they wouldn't riot and assist in overpowering their captors.
Communism, which did not develop until the 20th century, is the exact opposite of chivalry: under communism, everyone is treated the same or "equally", boys and girls, men and women, young and old.
Communism, which did not develop until the 20th century, is the exact opposite of chivalry: under communism, everyone is treated the same or "equally", boys and girls, men and women, young and old.