Early Middle Ages

EARLY MIDDLE AGES

The early Middle Ages era lasted between 500-1000 C.E., and was a time period where culture

was united between three unique traditions: Classical, Germanic, and Christian. Germanic

attacks played a dramatic position in disharmonizing the Roman Empire, also known as

Western Europe (Fiero, 2011). The most influential evolutions in the Early Middle Ages era are

feudalism and manorialism; they paved a motive of class and social status. As clearly

researched, the development of economics and politics during this time successfully marked its

commentary for the sake of the West. When Chieftain Charlemagne died, Western Europe

began to fall as well. Feudalism was a system that developed involving the political and military

coalitions that granted protection against attacks while also forming a local government (Fiero,

2011). Those that were involved in feudalism development were approximately made up of at

least 10 percent of the European alliance. Normally a born-in status, the men that were a part of

the feudal grandeur were referred to as a man-at-arms or a knight. They lived by a strict code of

behavior called a chivalry. War was both a profession and a pastime which would consist of

jousts and simulations of actual combat (Fiero, 2011). The feudal status was expressed by

advocate devices painted on the soldier’s shield or helmet, or even embroidered on his tunic