Historical sources:
- Written Real Ethnographic
The Frankish Kingdom:
481-486 years. – the unification of the Salic Franks by Clovis from the Merovingian dynasty; mazhordomas and “lazy kings”;
486 – the Battle of Soissons;
About 498 AD – the baptism of Clovis;
768-814 years. – Charlemagne;
843 – Verdun Treaty – the collapse of the empire of Charlemagne.
The basic duties of peasants:
- Barshchina – all work for the feudal lord; Natural dues – a certain amount of food from their own farm or products of handicraft production, which the peasants handed over to the feudal lord; Monetary rent; Public Works.
Medieval cities
Causes of occurrence:
- Branch of craft from agriculture; Development of crafts and agriculture; Development of trade; Formation of Christian centers.
Craft of a medieval city:
- The workshop is a union of artisans of one specialty; Workshop of the artisan using manual labor, making the product from beginning to end, work – master, apprentice, pupils.
Trade: markets, fairs, money changers, pawnshop, bank, Hansa.
City government: city-commune. “Urban air makes a person free.”