What did it mean to be an enlightened “liberal” in the United States before the twentieth century? What’s race got to do with ...
Contra Marx, the laws of economics are immutable and are the same no matter what historical epoch exists. Economies cannot ...
Explore inequalitys historical roots, key events, and figures. Essential for students analysing social issues.
It was one of the great revolts of medieval Europe, only three decades since ... along with hundreds of others. But feudalism was on its way out, and the plight of many peasants did improve.
Coolen, Joris 2013. Places of justice and awe: the topography of gibbets and gallows in medieval and early modern north-western and Central Europe. World Archaeology, Vol. 45, Issue. 5, p. 762.
Medieval Europe’s diverse regional cultures were balanced by a conscious attempt to create a unified view of the world that embraced religious and social ideals, Latin and vernacular literature, and ...
Barrow, Julia 1990. German cathedrals and the monetary economy in the twelfth century. Journal of Medieval History, Vol. 16, Issue. 1, p. 13.
This system is looking more and more like neo-feudalism. Just as the feudal lords of medieval Europe owned all of the land ...
After its medieval struggles, Europe rediscovered the art of the ancients ... This was where capitalism was replacing feudalism. The city had money, and it knew what to do with it.
Of course, the Covid-19 pandemic is nowhere near as deadly as the Black Death, which killed millions of people across Europe ... labor and the collapse of the feudal economy, which was already ...