About the Book
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1904 Excerpt: ... XVIII IMPORTANT MOVEMENTS OF THE TENTH TO THE THIRTEENTH CENTURIES. (Hallam, II, ch. ix; Kemp, ch. xii; Masson, chs. ii, iii; May, I, 243-253; Williams, ch. iv.) I FEUDALISM. (Abdy, ch. vii; Adams, ch. ix; Allen, ch. ii; Cheyney; Duruy, ch. xv; Emerton, ch. xv; fEmerton, ch. xiv; Green, 8385; Guizot, I, lect. 4, III, second course, lects, 1-5, and IV, lects. 6-11; Jones, ch. v; Lacroix, I, chs. i, iv, III, ch. vii; fLacroix, chs. ii, iii; fLacroix, ch. i; Lacroix, 1-86; McLaughlin, 71-99; Robertson, I, 16-25; Seebohm, 16-21; Watson, ch. viii.) 1 Elements contributing to the development of Feudalism. 2 Beginnings of the feudal regime. (Emerton, ch. xv.) 3 Elements in the feudal state. (Duruy, ch. xv; fEmerton, ch. xiv.) a Reciprocal relations of the Lord and Vassal. (fEmerton, 488i 497.) b Balancing of relations;--an organized anarchy, c Condition of the serfs. 4 Ecclesiastical feudalism. a Temporal power of the Church during the Middle Ages. b Centralization of authority in the hands of ecclesiastics. c The Church the State. 5 Good results of the system. a The sense of personal honor. 6 Causes of its decline and fall. (Seebohm, 16-21.) a Popular hatred of the system. b Mutual jealousy of king and clergy. c Rise of the Common Freeman. (fEmerton, 509-519.) d Passing away of the conditions which gave rise to it. II CHIVALRY: EDUCATION OF THE KIGHT. (Allen, ch. v; Cutts, 353-368; Duruy, 230-232; Francke, 63-72; Guizot, IV, lect. 6; f Henderson, I, ch. v; Jones, ch. iv; Lacroix, I, ch. vi; JLacroix, ch. v; Laeroix, 86-148; Oman; Robertson, I, 75-79; Stille ch. xii; Thatcher and Schwill, 602-605; Watson, I, ch. x.) 1 An outgrowth of Feudalism and of the influence of the Church upon the barbarians. (Gautier, 1-23.) 2 The Ten Commandments of Chivalry. (...