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4. What was civic democracy in Medieval society?
Civic democracy was called feudalism. It comes from the Latin word feodum or feudum. It is
a structure in society, which includes higher ups that had land or could afford protection for
themselves and fo those, who could not afford it and people working for them in a way that
benefits everyone in the society. It is similar to a pyramid scheme. The 3 main classes that
held this structure together were lords, vassals and fiefs. There is a common saying from that
time period as well - my vassals vassal is not my vassal. It meant that the vassal was only
responsible for the person working directly under them and not for the person working under
their worker. Then into the play also came division of labour and how to produce more than
you can consume, so to gain profit. Corporations inside the cities were made and guilds were
formed. It also had a key structure: Father who was head of the corporation and his family
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