Re: Reference material
- From: James A. Donald <jamesd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 13:04:45 +1000
Brian M. Scott:
(4) The term 'feudal' has been used in so many
different ways that a good many medieval
historians consider it nearly meaningless.
Dan Goodman
So, what do they do instead to describe 1) the
sociopolitical system which predominated in some
places in some parts of the Middle Ages;
"Brian M. Scott"
Which one(s)?
The ones in which defense and control was decentralized,
and the nobility had a largely hereditary right to use
legitimate force, the gentry had a substantial right to
use legitimate force and with the result that the
nobility attempted to claim, with varying degrees of
success, that the king was merely first among equals.
In such a society, justice must be carried out largely
by individuals (heroes) acting on their own initiative,
which (like the wild west) makes for rattling good
yarns.
And that is why feudal societies are so popular in
rec.arts.sf.composition.
The "feudalism" imagined by Marxists never existed, and
if it had ever existed, would have made for really
boring stories.
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