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Medieval Europe Social moors and practices The medieval period of Europe is designed by the feudalism and renaissance. Change was seen in the political system and also in social practices. Previously, the elite class of the society was the ruling class and now with the hierarchical distribution of political, economic power across the feudal hierarchical line, the Scope of upper stratum has been increased so that they can yield political prowess. The king, vassals, feudal lords, knights were made the upper stratum of the society. The lower stratum consisted of peasants, slaves, villeins.  The rulings class was undeniably accepted by the society and held the high status. Knights were regarded as gentlemen of the society and had a notion that they were adventurous and chivalric. Poets and writers of medieval period elucidated on knights and those writings made adventure the part of the knighthood. The books were widely flown across the Europe. The main centers of the liter...

Urbanization – Medieval Europe The growth of trade and commerce in the medieval Europe has given birth to the urbanization which lead to the growth of towns and cities. Urbanization is nothing but growing cities with luxury and the latter can be linked to the then play of politics with city centers as core. Dukes and kings used to show off their wealth in public with the help of city states, to gain their trust and to ambassadors to make them sure about their alliances. This attitude is not only restricted to the kings but to the other elite class of the society. With the growth of cities feudal lords of country side have decided to make their presence felt by constructing residences in the cities. This lead to the growth of architecture in the towns and cities and huge allocation of funds for the construction is seen in the medieval Europe. Coming to the city planning, They were constructed with an architect plan with the roads cutting at 90 degrees and the markets placed al...

                                                                                                 Nation state - Is it still relevant? The nation state has not been defined exactly by any historian or scholar. It is generally opined that nationalism helps in nation building ultimately resulting in nation-state. Nation is a psycho cultural concept where it is bound by nationalism - relatively large group of people who feel that they belong together by virtue of sharing one or more such traits as common history, language, interests. Such nation obtaining sovereignty and political border is defined as a nation state.  National honor, national self-determination, popular and national sovereignty were inescapable components of the doctri...

India – US relations, the US citizen paradigm Dr. Ivory Lyons , professor of philosophy and religious studies, He teaches a course on Buddhism in Film and explore historical aspects of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism in Indian culture. Lyons earned a Bachelor of Science degree in interdisciplinary science from Morehouse College, a Bachelor of Science degree in manufacturing engineering from Boston University, a Master of Divinity degree from Bethel Theological Seminary and Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in religion from Claremont Graduate University . Dr. Ivory Lyons is a visiting professor of Media studies department from Mount Hill University in Ohio, United States of America. He has visited India for the first time in 2007 and has been a constant visitor. From 2012 he has taken the responsibility of visiting professor. He contributes 3 months from his every year to his knowledge trip to India and in t...

International Law: Principles of Big States? Use of force to achieve or protect national interest of states has been an important behavioral attribute of states. It may include violence, persuasion, intervention in decision making of a sovereign state etc. Most of the works in international relations mention use of force to indicate war and military interventions which is a limited or narrowed view. Since the emergence of modern international law, states have driven by concepts of jus ad bellum and jus in Bello to define universal peaceful settlements of disputes. Though they are philosophical, justification of war has been narrowly and is also most accepted in realist realm - in two ways, one is justification to national security and other is a justification to state security. As the entire discipline of international Law is hegemoniesed by western theories and scholars, we shall start from their discussion. European efforts to bring states around a common table for pea...