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Can someone explain to me what Feudalism to me. I really need to knw or I'm gonna get an F on a prject in which I dearly need the points for.

Answer 1

Feudalism
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Roland pledges his fealty to Charlemagne; from a manuscript of a chanson de geste.Feudalism refers to a general set of reciprocal legal and military obligations among the warrior nobility of Europe during the Middle Ages, revolving around the three key concepts of lords, vassals, and fiefs.

Defining feudalism requires many qualifiers because there is no broadly accepted agreement of what it means. In order to begin to understand feudalism, a working definition is desirable. The definition described in this article is the most senior and classic definition and is still subscribed to by many historians.

However, other definitions of feudalism exist. Since at least the 1960s, many medieval historians have included a broader social aspect, adding the peasantry bonds of Manorialism, referred to as a "feudal society". Still others, since the 1970s, have re-examined the evidence and concluded that feudalism is an unworkable term and should be removed entirely from scholarly and educational discussion (see Revolt against the term feudalism), or at least only used with severe qualification and warning.

Outside of a European context, the concept of feudalism is normally only used by analogy (called semi-feudal), most often in discussions of Japan under the shoguns, and, sometimes, nineteenth-century Ethiopia. However, some have taken the feudalism analogy further, seeing it in places as diverse as Ancient Egypt, Parthian empire, India, to the American South of the nineteenth century.

Answer 2

from the wiki on feudalism .. but read the others too.

What is feudalism?


Three primary elements characterized feudalism: lords, vassals and fiefs; the structure of feudalism can be seen in how these three elements fit together. A lord was a noble who owned land, a vassal was a person who was granted land by the lord, and the land was known as a fief. In exchange for the fief, the vassal would provide military service to the lord. The obligations and relations between lord, vassal and fief form the basis of feudalism.

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Answer 3

brief description: Feudalism consisted of several lords who had been given land by another lord or king. In return the lords pledged loyalty and military support. It was common in the Middle Ages. Go to the link for more info.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feudalism

Answer 4

http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=feudalism&Submit2=Go
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feudalism
these 2 sites should give you some comprehensive answers
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feudalism is basically a system that existed in ancient Europe in which small kings built castles and rules small areas of land. they usually charged high taxes and were cruel, though there are exceptions. it's something like the post-Mughal world in India, upto the British Raj

Answer 5

it was a system in europe in the middle ages where the officials got paid 4 their work by being given land.
u can also check out wikipedia.