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Changing Traditions

CBSE · Class 11 · History

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Introduction to Changing Traditions

  • By 9th century, large empires emerged covering greater territories (Macedonian, Roman, Arab, Mongol)
  • Cultural encounters were crucial in empire formation and expansion
  • Western Europe (9th-17th centuries) saw slow evolution of modern features: scientific knowledge, government organization, technological improvements
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The Three Orders - Feudal Society

  • Three social categories: Christian priests (clergy), landowning nobles, peasants
  • Church became major landholder and political power
  • Feudalism marked by agricultural production around castles and manor houses
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The Second Order - Nobility and Knights

  • Nobles controlled land through vassalage system
  • Kings linked to people through vassalage (Germanic practice among Franks)
  • Nobles were vassals of king, peasants were vassals of nobles
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The First Order - Clergy and Monasticism

  • Catholic Church had own laws, owned lands, could levy taxes
  • Pope headed western Church from Rome
  • Bishops were religious nobility with vast estates and grand palaces

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