11.中古欧洲社会；报告与讨论课 .pptx

1 西方文明史 第十一講：　中古歐洲社會  劉　慧　　教授 2 Medieval Society Population 1000-1300 France 6 million to 14 million Germany 4 million to 11 million England 2 million to 5 million (The peasants, the urban dwellers,) the nobility 3 1. The nobility Roman senatorial class, city councilors, barbarian leaders: social status had an economic basis Merovingian and Carolingian period: Königsnähe (closeness to the king) All free men had military obligation 10th c: counts’ private, territorial power 11th c: castellans joined the nobility Their armed retainers monopolized the use of force 12th c: knights joined t