germanickingdoms

Middle Ages = medieval period
AD 476 – AD 1453
(from the end of the Roman Empire to the conquest of Constantinople by the Turks)
medieval Europe is fragmented
overrun the western half of the Roman Empire
causing: disruption of trade downfall of cities population shifts to rural areas



Germanic warriors' loyalty is to the lord of the manor
he provides them w/ food, weapons, treasure
Result: 
no orderly government for large areas
small communities rule
"I would die for my chief, but I see no reason to 
pay taxes to a king I don't even know.  So there."


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