Feudal state: education and development

Feudalism arose at the turn of antiquity and the middle ages. Such a system of relations of society could come in two ways. In the first case feudal state appeared on the place of decomposed slave state. It so happened medieval Europe. The second way was the way of transition to feudalism in primitive communities, when the nobility, chiefs or elders became the largest owners of important resources-livestock and land. In this way arose the aristocracy and the peasantry bound by it.

Education feudalism

At the turn of antiquity and the middle ages the chiefs and tribal warlords became kings, councils of elders, was transformed to the boards close, the militia was transformed into standing armies and squads. Although each nation has a feudal state was formed differently, in General, this historical process was the same. The spiritual and secular nobility lost ancient features formed large estates.

In Parallel with the decaying rural community, and free peasants lost the will. They fell into feudal dependence on the state. The key difference between them and the slaves was the fact that the dependent peasants could have their own small farm and some personal tools.

The Exploitation of peasants

So harmful to the integrity of the country's feudal fragmentation of the state based on the principle of feudal property. It was the basis of the relationships of serfs and landlords – the former from the latter.

Exploitation of one social class by another was carried out by means of levying compulsory feudal rent (there were three types of rent). The first type was a boon. With her peasant was obliged to work a set number of labor days in a week. The second type – natural dues. When it from the farmer was required to give the Lord part of their harvest (and from artisan – part of the products). The third type was cash rents (or cash rent). With her artisans and peasants paid seniors currency.

The Feudal state was based not only on economic but also on non-economic exploitation of the oppressed segments of the population. Often such coercion resulted in open violence. Some of the forms were written and recorded as a legal methods to circumvent the law. Thanks to the support of the state power of the feudal lords lasted a few centuries, when the position of the remaining segments of society were often catastrophic. The Central government systematically oppressed and suppressed masses, guarding private property and the socio-political supremacy of the aristocracy.

Medieval political hierarchy

Why the feudal States of Europe were so resistant to the challenges of time? One of the reasons – a strict hierarchy of political-social relations. If farmers obeyed the landowners, those, in turn, was subordinated to the more influential landowners. The crown of this typical for its time of construction was the monarch.

The vassals of some feudal lords from other allow even weakly centralized state to maintain its borders. Furthermore, even if large landowners (Dukes, Earls, princes) were at odds with each other, they could unite common threat. As such usually were external invasion and war (the invasion of the nomads in Russia, foreign intervention in Western Europe). Thus, the feudal fragmentation of the state, paradoxically and split of the country, and helped them to survive different disasters.

As well As within society and the external international arena, the nominal Central government was the custodian of the interests not of the nation, namely the ruling class. In any wars with its neighbors, the kings could not do without the militia that came to him in the form of units of the Junior lords. Often the monarchs went on a foreign conflict only in order to meet the demands of its elite. In the war against the neighboring country of feudal lords plundered and profited, leaving in their pockets the huge state. Often with the help of armed conflicts, the Dukes and counts seized control of the trade in the region.

Taxes and the Church

The Gradual development of the feudal state has always entailed the growth of the state apparatus. This mechanism was maintained at the expense of fines from the population, high taxes, duties and levies. All the money was taken from city dwellers and artisans. Therefore, even if a citizen does not was depending on the feudal Lord, he had to abandon his own welfare in favor of those in power.

Another pillar on which stood the feudal state was the Church. The power of religious figures in the middle ages was considered of equal or even greater power of the monarch (king or Emperor). In the Arsenal of the Church were ideological, political and economic means of influence on the population. This organization not only defended the actual religious Outlook, but remained on guard of the state of the feudal period.

The Church was the unique link between the different parts of fractured medieval society. Regardless of, man was a farmer, a military or feudal Lord, he was a Christian, and so were subordinate to the Pope (or Patriarch). This is why the Church had opportunities unavailable to any secular power.

Religious leaders were excommunicated objectionable and could forbid divine services in the territory of the feudal lords, with whom they have a conflict. Such measures have been effective tools of pressure on the medieval European politics. Feudal fragmentation of the Ancient Russian state in this sense differed from orders in the West. Leaders of the Orthodox Church were often the intermediaries between conflicting and warring feudal lords.

Development of feudalism

The Most common in medieval society, political system was a monarchy. Rarely met in the Republic, which were typical for certain regions of Germany, Northern Russia and Northern Italy.

Early feudal state (V-IX centuries), as a rule, was a monarchy in which the ruling class of feudal lords began to form. He rallied around the Royal power. It was during this period formed the first major medieval European state, including the monarchy of the Franks.

Kings in those centuries was weak and nominal figures. Their vassals (princes and Dukes) confessed “younger”, but actually enjoyed independence. The formation of the feudal state occurred together with the formation of the classic-feudal layers: the youngest of the knights, the barons of medium and large graphs.

In X-XIII centuries, Europe was the characteristic vassal-Liege of the monarchy. In this period the feudal state and the right has led to the flourishing of medieval production in a subsistence economy. Finalize political fragmentation. Developed key rule of feudal relations: “the vassal of my vassal-not my vassal”. Every large landowner had obligations only to their immediate Lord. If the Lord violated the rules of vassalage, his best expecting the penalty, and at worst – war.

Centralization

In the fourteenth century began the pan-European process of the centralization of power. Ancient feudal state in this period was depending on the Golden Horde, but even so, within him, seething struggle for the unification of the country around a single Principality. The main opponents in the fateful confrontation were Moscow and Tver.

Then in the Western countries (France, Germany, Spain) appeared first representative bodies: the States-General, the Reichstag, Cortes. The Central state was gradually increased, and the monarchs were concentrated in the hands of all new levers of governance. Kings and Grand princes relied on the urban population, and mean and petty nobility.

End of feudalism

The Large landowners, as could, resisted the power of the monarchs. The feudal state of Rus had endured several bloody civil wars before the princes of Moscow managed to establish control over most of the country. Similar processes occurred in Europe and even in other parts of the world (e.g. in Japan, where there had been large landowners).

Feudal fragmentation was a thing of the past in the XVI-XVII centuries, when Europe has developed absolute monarchy, with complete concentration of power in the hands of the kings. Rulers performed judicial, fiscal and legislative functions. In their hands was a large professional army and a significant bureaucratic machine, through which they controlled the situation in their countries. A class-representative bodies lost their former importance. Some of the remnants of feudal relations in the form of serfdom remained in the village until the XIX century.

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