Middle Ages
...violence, and abduction was frequent, and because of inefficient agriculture there was a widespread of starvation. Disease was ubiquitous among the population where the Black Death took a toll on nearly ____ people. Since there was no trade, the barter system was used and roayl treasury officials were often dependent on arithmetic learned from the Arabs . With no official coinage system, money was often no good and the debt of kings was enormous at that time ranging from the need to pay off debts from wars, ransoms, knighting of their sons or their daughter's marriage. During the period which literally was the Dark Ages, there was Charlemagne who was considered to be an enlightened ruler for the times. His loyalty to the Church was absolute and so later becoming the first Holy Roman...