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Study Rights Fief System In Medieval Europe

Posted on:2014-01-08Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:G L ZhuangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2266330425958974Subject:Political Theory
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This paper discusses the question about rights in medieval western European manorial system, mainly from the suzerain and vassal fief, manor and the rights and obligations relations of serfs, discuss the main body through the manor court, participate in the referee, and various ways to fight for their rights,or seize more authority to lower level, in this process, the rights of the parties on customary law is obtained preliminary recognition. In the formation of the western legal tradition phase, under the feudal law of the patrician class asked Lord has a equal treatment to its, is through the system of common law and the involved in referee, lift himself to the Lord, and of course the same is not what people call position is the same, but a kind of respect, a kind of can be equal across the right, a right can be asked on their respective obligations. By participating in the referee system in the process of fighting, many peers get into the habit of a called litigiosity. Not only constitute a structural element of the feudal legal system, this kind of structural elements to solve disputes and conflicts, can be involved in referee system, the litigants can with the alleged possession of equal status, to protect their rights, or ask for fulfillment of his rights. Farm practices or farm practices in the process of the formation of full of serfs and lords vying for power struggle. This form of struggle is in medieval Western Europe slowly accumulated in the process of daily production and life, it is a kind of bottom-up movement that is not achieved overnight, it requires a long time to study this process. During this long period ended, with the development of economy, the budding capitalist production relations and into freemen and citizens, to the13th century, the magna carta and the emergence of parliamentary politics, make the rights and obligations relations got clear recognition. Before the16th century after the battle over the rights to the meaning of human rights form is often ignored. In the west, this kind of ignore performance more prominent:in Western Europe in the middle stage, all kinds of class struggle for their rights, its purpose is to maintain their own economic interests, especially to the peasant class and civilian class life needs. This not what modern concept of rights, political rights don’t like modern and rights can be divided into so many parts, all kinds of the provisions of the feudal law regulations about details are some tiny. After the19th century and its political liberties requirement is not unfounded, but set up in the middle ages long struggle built up a solid foundation. If it were not for the last few centuries, modern is not likely to achieve the claims. The manorial system, basic political system, the western European medieval in medieval Western Europe social formation of the large attachment relationship is one of the most important part. Kingship of medieval western Europe after14th century gradually strong, and some in the middle ages later period through the struggle for the rights of being part of the deprived, but people’s awareness of rights has deep in mind, for part of the right to return to the central government, which is adapt to the development of the society at that time, overseas expansion required strong government support. But national rights maintenance at all levels to strengthen, because of the gradual improvement of the law and rights idea thorough popular feeling. This makes society got great progress.
Keywords/Search Tags:Rights, medieval, feudal court, vassal relationships
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