Middle Ages Economy
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The economy mostly seen in the early middle ages was feudalism, Europe’s form of government 
in the Middle Ages, was developed in the fifth century to meet the changing needs of the time. It 
was based heavily on the honor system. The king had overall power, then the lord, then the 
vassals, or  ....          
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....  In the late 
twelfth and early thirteenth centuries, however, the climate once again began to cool and 
agricultural innovations could not maintain the productivity of frontier lands that again became 
marginal or were abandoned entirely. The decreased agricultural output could no longer support 
the same level of economic activity and, as early as the middle of the thirteenth century, the 
economy was beginning to weaken. By early in the fourteenth century and continuing well into  ....          
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