[HPforGrownups] Re: FIrst Headmaster/Headmistress of Hogwarts

[MadameSSnape at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 155859

 
In a message dated 7/23/2006 6:48:41 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
aussie_lol at yahoo.com.au writes:

Now,  remember, this is 1000 years ago. Were feudal systems more 
acceptable back  then? "Presidents" were as well known as "Coca Cola" 
1000 years  ago.


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Sherrie here:
 
Feudalism was THE system in Britain a millennium ago.  Viking  raids still 
took place, too - it was a dangerous time, the ninth and tenth  centuries.  
Communications were limited, to be kind, and kings would have  had a hard time of 
it trying to rule the whole island.  (Of course, it  wasn't even really one 
kingdom then, was it?  Even Wales was divided up  into separate kingdoms, some 
of them about the size of a bus route.)
 
Here's a link to an excellent site on feudalism: 
_http://www.ku.edu/kansas/medieval/108/lectures/feudalism.html_ 
(http://www.ku.edu/kansas/medieval/108/lectures/feudalism.html) 
 
The Scots, of course, had the clan system.
 
Sherrie
(history buff, even if it's NOT WBTS! <g>)
 
 


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