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
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
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
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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- National Education Policy 2020 — education.gov.in
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