1. The Middle Ages
... of land for military service was, as Hartman says, "useful in a time of disorder and danger and soon spread all over Europe" (28). By the 800's, the power of the king was only a ruler in name, as the fief-holders owned and ran most of the land (Rowling 35). It was the fief-holder's duty to maintain his fief in ways of economy and law (Gies 141). As Gies states ... , "A "tenant-in-chief" like the Earl of Warenne, lord of scores of villages ... during medieval times (Rowling 135-136). The church also provided the only unifying cause in the Middle Ages- the praise of Jesus Christ (Hartman ...
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