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Asking Questions and Not Teaching Feudalism, Manorialism, and Serfdom in Late Medieval Europe

Discussion of (not) teaching feudalism, manorialism, and serfdom in late medieval Europe

Bram Hubbell
Bram Hubbell
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Asking Questions and Not Teaching Feudalism, Manorialism, and Serfdom in Late Medieval Europe

From pages 45 & 46 of the AP World History Course and Exam Description

Most of us probably learned something about feudalism, manorialism, and serfdom at some point in our education. You may even have drawn a diagram of Europe’s social order. The problem with all these concepts is that they are more concepts than historic realities. So how do we teach them?

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