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The feudal system.
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Change in the MES of
military technology.
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The great stirrup controversy.
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Feudalism as a “contract.”
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Exchange of work for defense.
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Why an in-kind exchange?
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Serfdom: tying workers to the land.
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Labor shortage and rent
distribution.
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Example: professional sports.
Charlemagne crowned emperor
by Pope Leo III (800 C.E.), from
Grandes Chroniques de France
(14
th
Century), Biblioth
č
que
Nationale de France.
