Adalbero of Leon

Title: Adalbero of Leon
Category: History
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Adalbero of Leon

Medieval society, as characterized by Adalbero of Laon, can be said to have contained three social orders, “those who worked, those who fought, and those who prayed.” In theory, and during the period in which it was stated, this could be a reasonable assertion, although reality probably painted a slightly different picture. It seems an oversimplified interpretation of a heavily stratified society, one whose true nature should be separated from this idealistic description. Around 1000 AD, …showed first 75 words of 1856 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 1856 total…ages. Apathy towards those who had little impact on his life specifically is consistent with what one would expect from member of the upper class. Adalbero’s characterization should therefore be used simply as a starting point for further study, rather than an historical account of this stratified and complex society. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Noble, Strauss, Osheim, Neuschel, Cohen, Roberts. Western Civilization; The Continuing Experiment. Second Eition. ed. Patricia A. Coryell. Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998

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