WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.417 --> 00:00:01.819 In medieval Europe, 2 00:00:01.819 --> 00:00:04.840 the property of a feudal lord after his death 3 00:00:04.840 --> 00:00:07.464 A) was returned to the king 4 00:00:07.464 --> 00:00:10.242 B) was sold to pay his debts 5 00:00:10.242 --> 00:00:12.917 C) was inherited by his eldest son 6 00:00:12.917 --> 00:00:15.334 or D) was given to his serfs. 7 00:00:17.384 --> 00:00:18.707 At no point in history, 8 00:00:18.707 --> 00:00:20.124 was the land of a 9 00:00:22.057 --> 00:00:23.711 upper class person 10 00:00:23.711 --> 00:00:25.005 simply given away 11 00:00:25.005 --> 00:00:27.255 to the workers on his land. 12 00:00:28.268 --> 00:00:30.291 Unless it was deeded at some point. 13 00:00:30.291 --> 00:00:34.458 It would have been a major exception. So D is out. 14 00:00:37.400 --> 00:00:42.145 If we would have been talking about feudal Japan 15 00:00:42.145 --> 00:00:43.812 and under the shogun 16 00:00:44.779 --> 00:00:46.779 and the land of a daimyo 17 00:00:48.017 --> 00:00:51.377 or lord in Japan would have been returned to the shogun 18 00:00:51.377 --> 00:00:52.708 and A would've been correct. 19 00:00:52.708 --> 00:00:56.318 But we're talking about medieval Europe and feudal Europe, 20 00:00:56.318 --> 00:00:57.318 so A is out. 21 00:00:58.187 --> 00:01:00.235 B was sold to pay his debts. 22 00:01:00.235 --> 00:01:02.667 Had we been talking about European history 23 00:01:02.667 --> 00:01:06.886 much later in the 18th century when it was necessary 24 00:01:06.886 --> 00:01:10.214 to actually pay off a growing middle class 25 00:01:10.214 --> 00:01:11.826 that had more political power, 26 00:01:11.826 --> 00:01:13.478 B may have been correct. 27 00:01:13.478 --> 00:01:15.769 But since we're talking about feudal Europe, 28 00:01:15.769 --> 00:01:16.729 B is out. 29 00:01:16.729 --> 00:01:18.920 And that leaves C. 30 00:01:18.920 --> 00:01:21.324 Was inherited by his eldest son. 31 00:01:21.324 --> 00:01:24.543 And in feudal Europe this was a system 32 00:01:24.543 --> 00:01:27.460 called primogeniture or first born. 33 00:01:28.452 --> 00:01:32.919 And the purpose of it was to maintain the social 34 00:01:32.919 --> 00:01:36.169 and political structure of feudalism by 35 00:01:37.344 --> 00:01:38.657 preserving 36 00:01:38.657 --> 00:01:40.240 the source of power 37 00:01:41.190 --> 00:01:43.176 and wealth and standing. 38 00:01:43.176 --> 00:01:44.520 Which was land. 39 00:01:44.520 --> 00:01:48.116 And you would preserve that land by keeping it intact 40 00:01:48.116 --> 00:01:51.662 and having it pass on to the oldest son. 41 00:01:51.662 --> 00:01:52.995 All the rights, 42 00:01:52.995 --> 00:01:55.259 all of the authority 43 00:01:55.259 --> 00:01:56.807 as well as all of the wealth 44 00:01:56.807 --> 00:01:58.792 would be maintained by the family 45 00:01:58.792 --> 00:02:00.443 through the eldest son. 46 00:02:00.443 --> 00:02:02.443 C is the correct answer.