History of Europe, ancient and medieval: Earliest man, the Orient, Greece and Rome . eneration in a wearyroutine. The life was not merely monotonous, it was food was coarse and there was little variety, as the peasantsdid not even take pains to raise fresh vegetables. The housesusually had but one room, which was ill-lighted by a singlelittle window and had no chimney. 526. Barter replaced by Money Transactions. The increaseduse of money in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, which camewith the awakening trade and industry, tended to break up themanor. The old habit of trading o
History of Europe, ancient and medieval: Earliest man, the Orient, Greece and Rome . eneration in a wearyroutine. The life was not merely monotonous, it was food was coarse and there was little variety, as the peasantsdid not even take pains to raise fresh vegetables. The housesusually had but one room, which was ill-lighted by a singlelittle window and had no chimney. 526. Barter replaced by Money Transactions. The increaseduse of money in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, which camewith the awakening trade and industry, tended to break up themanor. The old habit of trading one thing for another withoutthe intervention of money began to disappear. As time went on,neither the lord nor the serf was satisfied with the old system,which had answered well enough in the time of Charlemagne. Theserfs, on the one hand, began to obtain money by the sale oftheir products in the markets of neighboring towns. They soonfound it more profitable to pay the lord a certain sum instead ofworking for him, for they could then turn their whole attentionto their own Fig. 88. Coucy-le-Chateau This castle of Coucy-le-Chateau was built by a vassal of the king of France inthe thirteenth century. It was at the end of a hill and protected on all sidesbut one by steep cliffs. One can see the moat (A) and the double drawbridgeand towers which protected the portal. The round donjon {B) was probably thelargest in the world, one hundred feet in diameter and two hundred and tenfeet high. At the base its walls were thirty-four feet thick. At the end of theinner court (C) was the residence of the lord (/?). To the left of the court wasa great hall and to the right were the quarters of the garrison. This ancientbuilding was destroyed by the Germans during the recent World War 350 History oj Europe The landlords, on the other hand, found it to their advantageto accept money in place of the services of their tenants. Withthis money the landlord could hire laborers to cultivate hi
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