In this video we explore the concept of Feudalism, a term invented in the nineteenth century to describe how society was structured during the high middle ages.

Music Credit:
Aquilia by Adrian Berenguer (Storyblocks license)

Image Credits:
The Battle of Crécy (1346) from Chapter CXXIX of Jean Froissart's Chronicles (Public Domain, Wikipedia)
Miniature by Pierart dou Tielt illustrating the people of Tournai burying victims of the Black Death (Public Domain, Wikipedia)
Medieval Market depicted in Nicole Oresme’s 15th century translation of Aristotle's Ethics, Politics, and Economics (Public Domain, Wikimedia)
Charles II by Anonymous, after Wright, John Michael (Public Domain, Wikimedia)
Storming of the Bastille, Jean-Pierre Houël (Public Domain, Wikipedia)
A Peasant Leaving His Landlord on Yuriev Day, painting by Sergei V. Ivanov (Public Domain, Wikipedia)
Debating chamber of the Scottish Parliament: © User:Colin / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0