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Books in the Library About Early Economies (Feudalism, Manorialism)

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The Countryside by Kathryn Hinds
Call Number: 940.1 HIN
ISBN: 9780761410065
Publication Date: 2000
Manners and Customs in the Middle Ages by Marsha Groves
Call Number: YA 390 GRO EAL
ISBN: 9780778713890
Publication Date: 2005
Medieval Life by Andrew Langley
Call Number: 940.1 Lan
ISBN: 9780751360646
Publication Date: 1996
Medieval Society by Kay Eastwood
Call Number: YA 940.1 EAS EAL
ISBN: 9780778713777
Publication Date: 2003
Medieval Towns, Trade, and Travel by Lynne Elliott
Call Number: YA 307.76 ELL EAL
ISBN: 9780778713821
Publication Date: 2004
Medieval World by Jane Bingham
Call Number: 940.1 Bin
ISBN: 9780746027622
Publication Date: 2004
Feudalism, Monarchies, and Nobility by Jeanne Nagle (Editor)
Call Number: YA 321 FEU
ISBN: 9781622753482
Publication Date: 2014-07-15
Feudalism by Jane Hurwitz
Call Number: YA.EAL 321 HUR
ISBN: 9780789159007
Publication Date: 2002-09-01
It's a Feudal, Feudal World:a different medieval history by Stephen Shapiro; Ross Kinnaird (Illustrator)
Call Number: YA.EAL 909.07 SHA
ISBN: 9781554515523
Publication Date: 2013-09-01

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Middle Ages
Middle Ages is a term that describes the period in European history from about the 400's through the 1400's.
Feudalism
Feudalism is the name for a type of political and military system in which people gave military and other services to a noble person called a lord in return for protection and the use of land.
Manorialism
Manorialism is a term used to describe a social and economic system in which land is divided into large estates, or manors, that are controlled by a lord and worked by tenants.
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Economics
The field of study that addresses the wealth of people, industries and nations is known as economics.
Economics
As a social science that studies how a society’s resources are shared, economics (a) describes and analyzes choices about the way goods and services are produced, distributed, and consumed, and (b) assesses the consequences of those choices.
Middle Ages
The medieval period, or the Middle Ages, was a time in European history before the modern era.
Feudalism
In the Middle Ages, before the rise of national states in western Europe, the people there lived under a system called feudalism.
Feudalism
During the period known as the Middle Ages (about ad 500–1500) the people of Europe did not live in nations with central governments.

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Economics
As a social science that studies how a society’s resources are shared, economics (a) describes and analyzes choices about the way goods and services are produced, distributed, and consumed, and (b) assesses the consequences of those choices.
How to Define and Explain the Economy to Kids
Kids may ask you what the economy is when they hear the word discussed on the news.
Feudalism
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Middle Ages: Feudal System
The basic government and society in Europe during the middle ages was based around the feudal system.
Feudalism Develops in Europe
As a result of the constant attacks by the Vikings and other nomads, the governments of Europe were constantly under attack.
10c. Feudal Japan: The Age of the Warrior
Being a warrior in feudal Japan was more than just a job.
Feudal Japan: 1185 - 1603
Society was divided into two classes in Feudal Japan, the nobility and the peasants. The noble class made up roughly twelve percent of the population with peasants making up the rest.
Samurai and Bushido
The samurai, members of a powerful military caste in feudal Japan, began as provincial warriors before rising to power in the 12th century with the beginning of the country’s first military dictatorship, known as the shogunate.
Feudal Castles
Because there was no strong central government, feudal lords often went to war against one another.
Classroom Activity: The Feudal System
After his coronation in 1066 William the Conqueror claimed that all the land in England now belonged to him.
Feudal Life: What was it Really Like to Live in the Middle Ages?
For safety and for defense, people in the Middle Ages formed small communities around a central lord or master.
Lives of the Peasants
Medieval peasants had a difficult and often short life.
Manorialism
Manorialism, also called manorial system, seignorialism, or seignorial system, political, economic, and social system by which the peasants of medieval Europe were rendered dependent on their land and on their lord.
Manorialism
Lords and peasants worked together to support one another.
Manorial System
Manorial system or seignorial system, was the economic and social system of medieval Europe under which peasants' land tenure and production were regulated, and local justice and taxation were administered.
Medieval Manor
Explore the lives of serfs and peasants in the century that followed the Norman Conquest.
Political Systems = Systems of Government Or...How a country/nation is run.
There are many types of political systems that have been used throughout history.
A Contract Between a Villein & His Lord, 1307
During the Middle Ages, economic life centered on the manor.
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This is an example of a manor contract.
What is the difference between feudalism and manorialism?
Feudalism refers to an overall structure of society such as that which existed in Western Europe during the Middle Ages, while manorialism refers to the type of economic system that controlled the means of production during that era.
Difference between Feudalism and Manorialism
Feudalism and manorialism were the predominant landholding systems in most parts of medieval Europe.