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What similarities and differences are there between Beowulf and the Song of Roland and what do they show us?please there is a link that gives you access to the E-book for both topics or reading. I have also attached a copy of the syllabus. The instructor is very strict of using AI so please avoid if possible.
Hello everyone!
Our second discussion will begin tomorrow and run until Wednesday, September 24 at midnight. The Blackboard discussion board will open tonight at midnight.
I would like everyone to participate at a higher rate than you did in the Song of Roland discussion. Try to post at least one more comment than last time. Post a comment to every thread. Contribute thoughtful original responses to established threads in order to open new lines of inquiry, create opportunities for sharing multiple perspectives, and keep the conversation going. Begin new threads; pose questions to the class.
Please try to contribute to as many threads as possible.
I encourage you to check in with the discussion board EVERY DAY over the course of the next three days and to stay current with the direction that the conversation is taking.
Do NOT clog up our discussion with garbage generated by AI. Do NOT post comments that were not written by you. You MUST do your own work.
Beowulf definitely invites much discussion.
I am eager to hear your thoughts and observations on the text.
Next up: Beowulf! Beowulf is a unique epic poem. Although considered the quintessential exemplar of Anglo-Saxon literature, the poem draws from many traditions and ideas outside of Britain. Nonetheless, it was very popular and does provide a useful window into understanding the early cultures of medieval Britain. Its multiple themes reflect Anglo-Saxon society, government, religion and customs. Beowulf both resembles and differs from the Song of Roland.
Now that an AI generated post has introduced the word “feudalism” into class, I need to address that.
Feudalism is a pretty outdated and unhelpful term. Let’s avoid using it in this class.
Most historians agree that there was no standardized system that all medieval rulers, nobles and landowners used to order land use and military service. Every arrangement was personal and varied depending on who inherited the land and who held power. Many historians also think that serfdom was much less widespread than we used to think. Yes. Many individual lords held estates at the king's prerogative. Most kings did often ask for service and support in exchange. But many kings were weaker than some of their lords and weren’t in the position to negotiate land tenure, and many regions did not have kings. Most lords often asked their peasants for labor and goods in exchange. But those relationships differed tremendously from region to region and from era to era. Also, as individual family fortunes rose and fell, land tenure vacillated in various regions thus loosening prior agreements. Many peasants were landowners. And there were many lords who just gave the king money instead of service. Finally, a significant percentage of medieval Europeans lived in cities or in communal governments or in republics.
No medieval or early modern people ever used the term “feudalism” to describe their economic or agricultural situation. The word was popularized by Karl Marx and reflects a very 19th c. perspective on the past. Any argument for the existence of feudalism usually cites France as the example and can be compelling- but mostly in the north and only for a few centuries. The frequent use of “bastard feudalism” to describe England shows that the French model was the only "true" feudalism and that it just doesn't work even in an Anglo-Norman context. Every king and lord functioned differently.
There is not one term to replace feudalism. There was not a European phenomenon to name. Some historians use the term "manorialism". This evokes a smaller, more local sense. Some still use "feudal lord" if they are referring to someone specific who has a clear arrangement that we modern post-Marxist period people would recognize as feudal according to our modern ideas of what that means.
Please do not use the word “feudalism” in our class. It holds almost no meaning now. You will encounter it in some of the introductions to the primary sources that we are reading- especially because so many of the older translations of these texts are still the best ones. Understand that editors and translators who were working 100 years ago or even 50 years ago still used the term and that the feudal pyramid was still being taught in American schools.
In this translation of The Song of Roland, there are a few references to “fiefs” and to “vassals”, words often associated with our old idea of feudalism. A fief is an estate or manor, or any land held by one man due to the favor of another. A vassal is a man who has sworn fealty to another. Because this poem is about a battle, vassals do often appear here as soldiers and their fiefs are the lands at home that they dream of returning to. There is no reference to feudalism nor is the word feudal used in this source.
Feudalism’s appearance in our discussion is one of the many many reasons that you should NOT use AI to generate your posts. Generative AI is not well informed about medieval history nor able to distinguish between good sources and bad ones. It will draw information from whatever random sites it finds online. ChatGPT does not understand historiography or how academic scholarship works. It will spit out garbage that is not useful for the discussions we are having in this class about our sources and with our students. Do NOT use AI to generate your posts.
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