The Feudal System In Medieval Europe

Everyone gained and got something from feudalism, even Kings. In the Medieval Ages, Kings gave land in return for what his part of the feudal system. All the land in Medieval Europe was owned by the Kings ("People of the Middle Ages"2), and the king would make laws, with ministers and parliament (Macdonald, 30). Since there was only one of him, he gave land to loyal Lords and Knights to rule land ("People of the Middle Ages"). The king would give land to Knights, who would become vassals. The king even allowed peasants to make a living off his land which would take place in for example a manor run by a Lord or vassal (Brooks 1). From the feudal system, Kings also gained many things. From the Knights turned vassals, a king would gain military services from them ("People of the Middle Ages"2).

Feudalism was established as a political system of power, dispersed and balanced between kings and nobles. Legal and military contracted obligations were between nobility in Europe for lords, vassals and fiefs. The rise of the feudalism system in the Middle Ages was portrayed by population decline, economics and external threat. The Franks were the first to use this system by maintaining a population for agricultural growth and ensuring military protection from threats. The decline of feudalism was do to the lords no longer providing land to their vassals, the economy transforming and the hundred year war. Nobles couldn’t always ask a distant king for help and most that were independent and didn’t want to help out with military service for the greater cause. The Black Death took a toll on the populations and the economic crisis and human rights was questioned leading to a peasants revolt.

Feudalism was a very important aspect in developing the political organization in medieval England. It was one of dominant governments used by the nobles. Feudalism was when one of the king’s noblemen would give land to a man known as a fief and give the fief people to work the land for him. These people are known as serfs. The fief would then protect the serfs from being attacked as long, as long as the serfs worked the land to provide an income for the fief. If the fief accepted the nobles offer he would have to swear his allegiance to the king. After he swore to the nobles the fief would become a vassal to the noblemen. When the fief became a vassal he would have to provide military services or any other type of service to the king. A fief could also become a noble lord and could give some of his land away to other people known as fiefs. This process would be known as subinfeudation and this could go all the way up to the king. Feudalism was pretty much the only government at the time of medieval England. Feudalism came about because of the weak political groups and non-existent governments. The king would use feudalism as a way to show his power and make sure his military strength was strong. The use of this political organization slowly died out. “With an eye toward discovering the nature of the Marxists “transition from feudalism to capitalism” most of them concluded that marx was right; the old feudal aristocracy of the middle ages was gradually being

Survival is key to all civilizations. Certainly this was the case during the Middle Ages. Despite this fundamental fact, the Middle Ages witnessed the creation of Feudalism and Manorialism witnessing the proliferation of power from the Church. The Middle Ages started in the 5th century and ended in the 15th century. Despite the unyielding and often unethical (corrupt) practices of the Church, nevertheless Europe managed to propel itself forward through the implementation of the Feudal and manor system clearly delineated power and responsibility within society.

The bases of feudalism is best described as a social system in Europe throughout the Middle Ages where individuals worked and battled for upper class who gave them protection and the use of the land in return for their services (Merriam-Webster). “Feudalism” is not a medieval term and not even a translation of a medieval concept (Abels 2010; Brown 2010; Bouchard 1998). In our day and time Feudalism would be difficult and baffling in several ways, but some may feel that we would benefit from it.

Can you imagine fighting wearing a 50lb suit of amour while also wielding a 25lb sword? This is what knights had to do in the middle ages. They fought in tournaments and battles. Knights wore about 70-80lb of equipment while fighting while troops today wear about 50-60 pounds. Knights served in a government system called feudalism.

The feudal system was a type of social order which, over a period of several hundred years, spread across Europe. Feudalism was similar to a contract in which individuals pledged their loyalty and services to a lord or person of higher rank. The loyalty was rewarded with the promise of protection and the chance to occupy land. Refer

Feudalism, as a decentralized political system, flourished in Medieval Europe. In this essay, the main political and economic characteristics of Feudalism will be mentioned, while discussing the main historical factors to the rise and fall of feudalism.

The societal mindset that was prevalent in medieval Europe, feudalism, phased out due to the bubonic plague and the religious beliefs of the people.

The Middle Ages were a period of a lot of discoveries and falls. This period began after the fall of the Roman Empire which led to the rise of Feudalism. Post-Classical Europe should be remembered as the Dark Ages because Europe experienced widespread invasions by barbarian hordes  and destruction during this period, the Roman Catholic Church forced Christianity upon the people of Europe, and the political and social concept of Feudalism dominated the region, subjecting the people of Europe to an unequal social hierarchy. Post-Classical Europe should be remembered as the Dark Ages because Europe experienced widespread invasions by barbarian hordes and destruction during this period, the Roman Catholic Church forced Christianity upon the people of Europe, and the political and social concept of Feudalism dominated the region, subjecting the people of Europe to an unequal social hierarchy.

Something every civilization needs. Something so powerful that without it civilizations fall into chaos. Social Systems. But not just any social system, the European Middle Ages one. The Feudal System. While it may seem insignificant to Europe and Europe’s history compared to other events like the Hundred Years’ War or the Black Plague which killed many people and completely changed many parts of Europe, the Feudal System (also called Feudalism) was also very important to Europe during the Medieval Times.

Feudalism was the system used in Europe during the late middle ages. The economic part of feudalism was centered on the lord's estate or manor. A lord's manor consisted of a peasant village, a church, farm land, a mill and the lord's castle. Feudalism was split in society levels. Kings would be on top with the most power, then upper lords followed by lesser lords, underneath the lesser lords were the knights, and then the serfs being the lowest social class.

Feudalism was a combination of legal and military customs that flourished from the 9th to 15th centuries that provided political organization. Feudalism was created as a solution due to the fall of Empires around the area of Europe. Broadly defined, Feudalism was a way of structuring society around relationships derived from the holding of land in exchange for services and labors. In a feudal society, everyone was set in place in a class system. The classes consisted of nobles, church officials, peasants, and serfs. These classes brought organization and order to the people in order to maintain a stable government through the feudal system. The class system brought defense, and property of land. Through a mutual relationship between a lord (a man from whom a landholding or a manor was held) and a vassal, (a holder of land by feudal tenure on conditions of homage and allegiance) defense and internal order was brought. When a vassal made an arrangement with a lord, the vassal pledged immediate loyalty to the

The serfs would work on large manors or on smaller villages guarded by knights and would provide food for the rest of the hierarchy. This was a mutual respect system in which land and protection was given down the hierarchy and goods and services such as food and tax money was given up. During the middle ages there were many threats from barbarian tribes most notably the vikings and some of the Germanic tribes that prompted the creation of feudal systems and the manor. While this protected the serfs and other people who other wise would not be able to defend themselves, this also gave power the nobility and allowed them to heavily tax the lower class. In addition to corruption, this gave the upper class and the nobility far more control over the people of the kingdoms and could have also caused many of the problems during the middle ages. Feudalism only really worked if the respect and service went both ways which only worked if the nobility respected the serfs and vise versa. As a result of this, feudal and manor systems shaped Western European society because the gave protection to the lower class while giving more power and control to the upper

Feudalism was a contrasting system dealing with political and military relationships existing among members of the higher social class, Kings, Lords and other owners of large lands in Western Europe during the Middle Ages. The Feudal system started by the granting of fiefs, chiefly in the form of land and labor, in return the lord would receive political and