... pestilence; the Black Death; the black plague; or more scientifically, the bubonic plague. In total, roughly 25 million people died from the plague. The plague was easily spread. In the Middle Ages, people lived practically in coexistence with rats; they weren't really thought of as a problem. Rats were everywhere. The bubonic plague was carried by fleas, which lived on the rats. The ... atrocious. Villages, towns, and cities were in effect breeding grounds for disease. It's not surprising that the plague spread so easily. Society in the Middle Ages revolved around the manor. The high m...

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... understand what Spencer meant is to understand the origins and development of European feudalism. The concept of feudalism has dominated much of the research and study of Europe during the Middle Ages. Feudalism was, without doubt, the framework for all political, economic, and social life during this period. And even still today, we can see the origins of feudalism throughout our system ... on behalf of their lord. Peasants worked the land. At the bottom of this hierarchical system were serfs-peasants who were bound to the land that they cultivated. By the High Middle Ages (about 1000 ...

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