Feudalism: a Love Story

Friedl Nugent
2.18.11
Per. 4
It was a few hours before dawn at sea captain Covingtons castle. All was quiet on the manor grounds. Then, let on of the still air came the sound of a tap on a window. I, Fuller, the son of a freeman, ducked behind a scouring to avoid being seen. I knew I could not be caught, for in that Feudalistic clock time, not nonetheless true heat would excuse me being where I was, who I was to be with. provided I put this out of my mind as she came to the window. Alice. My iodine and only- my true fill out. Id met her about a grade before at a Tournament. It was really by tidy sum that wed met. She was there to watch the Joust with her friend (which is to say, input about the latest scandals and comment on the attractive knights). I was there for the Melee. I was dressed as my idol, the great Johnson Cush, to understand my support. Johnson was the most chivalrous knight. He was one of the few knights of that time that had been raised up as a page and squire. He was also one of the few knights who had taken the Truce of idol to heart. And I respected that strongly. I even had an exact reproduction of Johnsons brand. When Alice and her friend stopped to comment on the sword Alice and I begin to talk. I could tell there was a spark and hoped she could to.



When, by chance, she came to the next Tournament I jumped at the opportunity to talk to her. We talked the entire time, not even notice when Johnson won in the end. It wasnt until a few weeks later(prenominal) that it really hit us what being in love could mean. Even though I was freeman, and not a serf with required week work, I could still be exiled or killed for being with someone in an upper class. It was made even more difficult by the fact that my father was in negotiations to become Lord Covingtons vassal in a system of subinfeudation. If our love was discovered the negotiations could end, my father would never insure the ceremony of homage, and my family and I would receive no fiefs. The investiture already given to my father and the aids...If you want to get a copious essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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