Throughout history there have been many important documents that have altered and bettered our world. One of these important documents includes the Magna Carta, also know as The Great Charter of the Liberties. The Magna Carta has filled an important slot in our world’s history and is one of the most significant documents of medieval England. It has introduced a rule of laws to England, giving the people rights that the King took away from them. This document has also set a foundation for the
Title British Literature June 2nd, 2010 The Decline of Feudalism Feudalism was based on a social structure of hierarchy. With William the Conqueror being the first king, he was named to the top of the hierarchy along with God. Everyone else was below them and had to follow their ways. This system ran systematically for years until things started to change. People were branching out from who the king made them to be. They were creating their own lives. The downfall to feudalism was caused by
John Sayles' Men With Guns (Hombres Armados) In Men with Guns, John Sayles depicts a feudal economic system in an agricultural South American setting. Using the travels of Dr. Fuentes, a concerned doctor from the city, to reveal numerous aspects of peasant life, Sayles shows the economic whirlwind in which these peasants are caught. Men With Guns demonstrates how the feudal economic system operates by revealing the economic and political power the rich plantation owners possess and lord over