The Growth of Modern Nations; a History of the Particularist Form of Society
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That was the condition of absolute independence, of solitary, self-contained life.
" Commerce," says Pigeonneau, " was almost entirely suspended during two centuries. Society under the feudal system was organised in such a way that each of the little 192 THE FEUDAL SYSTEM states of which the kingdom of France was composed was self-sufficient, and was obliged to depend on its neighbours to the least possible extent. Rye, wheat, barley, and vegetables, which formed the staple food, were grown eve...rywhere ; even vines were cultivated in regions where they could only produce mediocre results, and where they ceased to be grown when com- mercial facilities were increased — that is to say, in Normandy, in Brittany, and even as far as Picardy ; every peasant, serf, or freeholder had his poultry-yard, his pig-sty, his stable, which was large enough to hold a few goats and one or two cows.
" In return for a small payment, the cattle were allowed to graze in the meadows, on the heaths, or in the copses, which formed, so to speak, the common property of the lief.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
That was the condition of absolute independence, of solitary, self-contained life.
" Commerce," says Pigeonneau, " was almost entirely suspended during two centuries. Society under the feudal system was organised in such a way that each of the little 192 THE FEUDAL SYSTEM states of which the kingdom of France was composed was self-sufficient, and was obliged to depend on its neighbours to the least possible extent. Rye, wheat, barley, and vegetables, which formed the staple food, were grown eve...rywhere ; even vines were cultivated in regions where they could only produce mediocre results, and where they ceased to be grown when com- mercial facilities were increased — that is to say, in Normandy, in Brittany, and even as far as Picardy ; every peasant, serf, or freeholder had his poultry-yard, his pig-sty, his stable, which was large enough to hold a few goats and one or two cows.
" In return for a small payment, the cattle were allowed to graze in the meadows, on the heaths, or in the copses, which formed, so to speak, the common property of the lief.
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