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Feudal Society In Medieval Europe

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A feudal society is one in which the lords carry a significant measure of power by owning land. Workers known as Serfs are included on the land. Serfs owe the lord a certain amount of labor as well as give the lord a portion of their goods. The lords then gives protection to the serfs from their knights. To get knights, the lord offers a fief(land) to the knight in exchange for military service. A feudal society had the characteristic of being decentralized. It also had major roles and responsibilities that everyone needed to follow in order to keep the society intact. During the early Middle Ages, decentralized governments, attacks from the Vikings and other barbarians, and the strong power of the Church strongly abetted the formation of the feudal society in Medieval Europe. …show more content…

When a government system is decentralized, then it may lack a strong military and infrastructure. After the fall of Charlemagne's empire, his society required a lot of strong lords with powerful armies to protect the people because there was no strong centralized government. This led to feudalism because the people were in need of protection and had no strong centralized government to make a strong army. The feudal society consisted of a decentralized government and had a strong army.

Another factor that led to the development of feudal societies, were the attacks from the Vikings and other barbarians. Because The Vikings were so fierce and quick when they attacked, it made them almost indefensible and very difficult to fight. When Charlemagne's empire fell, it suffered many attacks from The Vikings that gradually weakened their government. Feudalism allowed for protection of everyone and people did not need to rely on a strong, centralized

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