Joyous thursday, mine own l'rds and ladies!

Calling all serfs, knights, peasants, and kings! Today we continued discussing feudalism in all its fascinating complexities. 

As long as it isn't Comic Sans Serf

From the church and kings heading  down to vassals and knights and way down to serfs. The feudal system worked because of the idea of feudal obligations, or basically "I'm a lord with knights and land and I'll protect you, but then you in return give me something...your labor". This system of relationship and obligations could get more complicated than a high school relationship, as seen below: 

Theory

Reality 

Tomorrow we are going to continue the Middle Ages by letting you be in it... time to introduce our next big project, THE MEDIEVAL FAIRE. Get excited people! 

Because you have a three day weekend (PTL), it's a great opportunity to go exploring and take care of a Humanities Experience! Here are some cool things going on this weekend:

• This weekend, the greatest movie theater in the DFW, Alamo Drafthouse, is doing a showing of Casablanca. Any movie list from any person at any time will ALWAYS put Casablanca on their greatest movies of all time; if you've ever heard anyone say, "Here's looking at you, kid...", you can thank Casablanca and its star Humphrey Bogart. So, go see it in theaters (NOT ON YOUR COUCH), and eat some popcorn. 
• The DMA has an exhibit entitled "Art and Nature in the Middle Ages". It was so gracious of them to coordinate their art series with our class.
• "Clay Between Two Seas" is an incredible exhibit showing now at the Crow Museum; it blends ceramics from several different cultures, including Mexico and Iraq. 

Speaking of Alamo Drafthouse, some of you guys heard us talking with Mr. Stanton about how they show silly little videos and films before the movie starts, specifically one with Star Wars. Yoda made us LOL, especially "That log had a chiiild".

Happy Thursday, lords and ladies!