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Bog'liq
The Mediewal period

Feudalism

Note: though the peasants were the largest group in society, they had the least power

Pyramid of Power,religious concept of hierarchy, with the king at the top of the pyramid and peasants at the bottom. (Don’t forget about God,above king.)

With feudalism came a sense of formalism – knighthood and the code of chivalry.
Young males, above the serf class, were trained from an early age to become warriors.
To be sure that their training was strict, they were removed from their home and trained elsewhere.
Around the age of twenty, a young knight was “dubbed,” or ceremonially tapped on the shoulder, and only then does he get the full rights of the warrior caste and the title “sir.”
Knighthood was grounded in the feudal ideal of loyalty. Knights had a system of social codes that they were not permitted to break.

A product of feudalism, chivalry was an idealized system of manners and morals

A new element of courtly love served to distinguish romances from the earlier epics and gives rise to first romantic literature
The knight’s deeds were not performed in the service of king or country, but on behalf of a beautiful, fair, and noble lady who was above him in status and usually married--and therefore unattainable.
The tradition of courtly love began in the eleventh century by troubadours (poet-musicians) who sang lyrics based on the theme of courtly love.
In its ideal form it was nonsexual, and viewed as a
means of self-improvement.
The idea was that a knight acting in the name of a lady would make him braver and better.
He might wear her colors in battle, glorify her in words, and be inspired by her, but she should always remain pure and out of reach

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