Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
By city or town. England portal. v. t. e. The government of the Kingdom of England in the Middle Ages was a monarchy based on the principles of feudalism. The king possessed ultimate executive, legislative, and judicial power. However, some limits to the king's authority had been imposed by the 13th century.
Local titles are those with authority in a metropolitan or similar area, such as a mayor. Provincial titles are those with authority over a constituent state, such as a United States governor. Regional titles are those with authority over multiple constituent states, such as a federal judge. Courtly titles have no sovereign power of their own ...
Feudalism, also known as the feudal system, was a combination of legal, economic, military, cultural, and political customs that flourished in medieval Europe from the 9th to 15th centuries. Broadly defined, it was a way of structuring society around relationships derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labour.
The word theocracy originates from the Greek: θεοκρατία (theocratia) meaning "the rule of God". This, in turn, derives from θεός (theos), meaning "god", and κρατέω (krateo), meaning "to rule". Thus the meaning of the word in Greek was "rule by god (s)" or human incarnation (s) of god (s). The term was initially coined by ...
Hierocracy (medieval) In the Middle Ages, hierocracy or papalism[n 1] was a current of Latin legal and political thought that argued that the pope held supreme authority over not just spiritual, but also temporal affairs. In its full, late medieval form, hierocratic theory posited that since Christ was lord of the universe and both king and ...
Royal court. Bartolomeu de Gusmão presenting his invention to the court of John V of Portugal. A royal court, often called simply a court when the royal context is clear, is an extended royal household in a monarchy, including all those who regularly attend on a monarch, or another central figure. Hence, the word court may also be applied to ...
The following is a list of empires that have been called great powers during the Middle Ages: China (throughout) [3][4] Goguryeo, (400-668) [5][6] Persia (Sasanians, 500–600; Samanids, 900–950; Timurids, 1400–1450) [3][4] Byzantine Empire (500–1050) [3][4] Göktürk Khaganate (550–600) [3] Tibetan Empire (650–1250) [3]
The traditional social stratification of the Occident in the 15th century. Church and state in medieval Europe was the relationship between the Catholic Church and the various monarchies and other states in Europe during the Middle Ages (between the end of Roman authority in the West in the fifth century to their end in the East in the fifteenth century and the beginning of the [Modern era]]).