Teutonic tribes ceased to be nomadic, their warlike disposition remained active and alive. Once the Romans ceased to be a threat they began to cross swords with each other, fighting to gain control of land.
Renewed turmoil followed the dissolution of Charlemagne's great empire. Petty kingdoms were established by the greediest and most powerful; each lord or chief assumed the importance of a prince and became a law unto himself; and everywhere the strong oppressed weaker members of society. All this led to the creation of a system of government throughout Europe known as feudalism.
The feudal system, in which fiefs, holdings of land to maintain a lord and his household, were granted by important overlords in exchange for military support in times of crisis, was properly established during the time of Charlemagne as the most effective means of protection against repeated aggression by bands of plunderers. It was at this juncture that the knight began to emerge as the dominate m
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