MILITARY AND RELIGIOUS LIFE
IN
THE MIDDLE AGES,
AND AT THE
PERIOD OF THE RENAISSANCE.
FEUDALISM.
Origin.—Barbaric Laws.—Enfeoffment.—Charlemagne and the Church.—First Construction of Strongholds.—Vassal and Suzerain.—Feudal Rights.—The Truce of God.—Feudal Churches and Abbeys.—Communal Principles.—New Townships.—Origin of the French Bourgeoisie.—The English Magna Charta.—Alienation of Fiefs.—Liberation of the Serfs.—Imperial Cities.—Feudal Rights of the Bishops.—St. Louis.—Wars between France and England.—The Bulle d’Or.—The States-General.—Origin of the Third Estate.
