How was society organized throughout most of western Europe in the eleventh and
twelfth centuries? Discuss the nature of the relationship between lord and vassal and lord
and peasant. What rights and obligations did these bonds entail? What role did towns
play in this world? What new values did the bourgeoisie inject into the “feudal” world?
What sort of society resulted from these arraignments? How did these relationships
change over time and why? Are there such relations today? How are they similar, how
are they different?
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