[Northkeep] interesting article on the f word

ld.blackmoon ld.blackmoon at cox.net
Wed Oct 6 09:17:24 PDT 2010


greetings

 wow, good read ; )
Be Safe , Be Happy, Have Fun
Arthur
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From: "Hugh & Belinda Niewoehner" <burgborrendohl at valornet.com>
To: "The Barony of Northkeep" <northkeep at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 8:24 AM
Subject: [Northkeep] interesting article on the f word


>  Feudalism, that is:
>
> The "system" of feudalism that we all were taught in school never
>
> actually existed.
>
> http://historymedren.about.com/od/feudalism/a/feudalism.htm
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>
>
> The article is interesting from the point of view that the terminology
> historians use and oversimplification of Medieval Society has been
> caused by errors made in the sixteenth century.
>
>
> However, as one Calontiri wrote:
>
>
>> It's been a while since I read any of the "anti-feudalism"
>> literature.  As I remember=2C it mostly comes down to a semantics
>> issue=2C with a bit of "not every relationship fits the mold" thrown
>> in.  As in all situations=2C reality does not perfectly fit the label
>> we use to describe it.
>>
>> The feudal model does not fit every relationship throughout the time
>> period called the middle ages.  There are those who argue that since
>> it doesn't fit perfectly=2C we should do away with the term.  If we
>> did that=2C we would have to do away with every word that gets over
>> used to describe something that almost fits the definition.
>>
>
>


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