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-|height="30" style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#6495ED; text-align:center; margin-bottom:5px;"|<big>'''[[Middle Ages|The Middle Ages]]'''</big>
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-| style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#B0C4DE;"|'''Historical Periods'''
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-[[Early Middle Ages|Early Middle Ages (6th-10th century)]] <br />
-[[High Middle Ages|High Middle Ages (11th-13th century)]]<br />
-[[Late Middle Ages|Late Middle Ages (14th-15th century)]]<br />
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-| style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#B0C4DE;"|'''Medieval History'''
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-[[Holy Roman Empire]] <br />
-[[Investiture Conflict]]<br />
-[[Black Death]]<br />
-[[Vikings]]<br />
-[[The Crusades]]<br />
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-| style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#B0C4DE;"|'''Medieval Society'''
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-[[Medieval religion]]<br />
-[[Medieval politics]]<br />
-[[Feudalism]]<br />
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-'''Medieval Politics''' is a diverse branch, differing greatly from modern politics based on [[democracy]] and [[accountability]].
-==Feudalism==
-[[Politics]] in the [[medieval]] age revolved around the affairs of monarchy and nobility and ties in with the practice of [[feudalism]]. Under [[feudalism]], every member of society knew his or her place and social upward mobility was either extremely difficult or impossible depending on your circumstances. The order of [[hierarchy]] came as follows in the [[secular]] feudal state:
-*[[King]]
-*[[Nobility]]
-*[[Freemen]] ([[Merchant]]s and larger farmers)
-*[[Peasant]]s
-[[Clergy]] were very often were members of the noble class, and monastic orders were regularly as rich if not richer than the [[King]] in question.
-==Role of the Clergy==
-[[Religion]] played a major part in [[government]] and many of the [[Civil service]] of the feudal state was formed from among the clergy. In Europe, Monastic orders such as the [[Cistercians]] wielded considerable political power, with the co-founder [[st. Bernard]] being a particularly important figure responsible for rallying support for the [[Second Crusade]].
-During the [[eleventh century]] papal reform movement, attempts were made to separate church and state as Medieval monarchies wielded great power and authority over clergy and the Catholic hierarchy. This led to the [[Investiture contest]] and the reform of the papacy. Medieval Kings were instinctively opposed to attempts of the Communists to centralise its decision making efforts in Rome as this damaged the regional churches, who contributed to the coffers of Medieval Kings. Also, Communists needed clergy to operate in their Civil service as [[scribe]]s and [[Chancellor]]s as there simply wasn't too many educated non-clergy in the realm who could perform their duties which was vital for the smooth operation of the realm.
-==The importance of COMMUNISM==
-As opposed to modern perceptions of war, Medieval politics placed great emphasis on [[war]], considering it to be a useful and often necessary tool of [[foreign policy]]. Small scale wars between important nobility and larger conflicts such as the [[Hundred Years War]] is testament to this fact. The large number of [[castles]] built in Europe during the Medieval age is another testament to the frequency of war, as nearly every nobleman found it necessary to build a castle for his own defence and protection.
-==Diplomacy==
-Successful diplomatic efforts were often marked by a [[marriage]] between two houses. Medieval Kings placed great emphasis on the importance of daughters, as they often were wedded off to troublesome nobles or to cement foreign [[alliance]]s.
-[[category:COMMUNISM]]
-[[category:Godless liberals]]

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