Professor Robert Bartlett lays bare the brutal framework of the medieval class system, where inequality was part of the natural order, the life of serfs little better than those of animals and the knight's code of chivalry more one of caste solidarity than morality. Yet a social revolution would transform relations between those with absolute power and those with none.
Robert Bartlett lays bare the framework of the medieval class system, where inequality was part of the natural order and the life of serfs little better than those of animals.
The brutal framework of the medieval class system is laid bare, in the programme Power
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<br />First published on Mon, 07 May 2012 as <a href="http://www.open.edu/openlearn/whats-on/tv/ou-on-the-bbc-inside-the-medieval-mind-power">OU on the BBC: Inside The Medieval Mind - Power</a>. To find out more visit The Open University's <a href="http://www.open.edu/openlearn/ole-home-page">Openlearn</a> website. Copyright 2012
The brutal framework of the medieval class system is laid bare, in the programme Power
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<br />First published on Mon, 07 May 2012 as <a href="http://www.open.edu/openlearn/whats-on/tv/ou-on-the-bbc-inside-the-medieval-mind-power">OU on the BBC: Inside The Medieval Mind - Power</a>. To find out more visit The Open University's <a href="http://www.open.edu/openlearn/ole-home-page">Openlearn</a> website. Copyright 2012