What do you understand by the term Feudalism?

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Answer 1

feudalism was a social system that developed after the fall of the roman empire and the ancient regime. due to migrations and invasions, the city became an insecure place so people moved to the country. in order to be protected from the invader, they swore allegiance to a feudal lord who in return would offer them a piece of land on his field and security (because he had every interest to protect his land in case of invasion). the feudal lord in his turn swore allegiance to an aristocrat who offered him protection. the aristocrat in his turn swore allegiance to the king who was the head of the feudal system (as king he theoretically owned every land in his country). basically, the feudal system was based on land and oaths of allegiance. soon this led to chaos and powerful local lords.

Answer 2

It was a medieval way of life. It was created out of need for protection for the Western Europeans from various invaders including the Vikings and Muslims. The dominant and immediate ruler of a manor is the lord. Below him are the knights, soldiers, and craftsmen. The lowest on the list are the peasants. They work on the noble's land as well as their own in exchange for the protection.

Feudalism ended when people began to get out of the land-agrarian mindset. It coincided with the industrial revolution, where new machines and systems were built to relieve hands that were otherwise working in the fields, as well as provide new opportunities for workers.

Answer 3

In English feudalism the monarch was assumed to own all the land. This started with William the Conqueror. He then parcelled out large areas to his senior pals and nobles in exchange for 'feudal obligations' These were usually to supply men to form an army in times of war. In turn those nobles would give smaller parcels of land to their pals - this was called 'sub-infeudation', in exchange for similiar promises and so on down the line. The area occupied by each was known as a manor (hence the system also being called the manorial system) . The lord of the manor would give cottages and land to the workers 'serfs' - or 'villeins' - in exchange for them working for a number of days on his land and providing the nam power should he be called upon by his lord (his 'leige') to supply troops. the system broke down following the Black Death of the 14th century as there were so many deaths that the land could not be worked and there were not enough men left to form armies. This is a great simplification - lengthy learned books have been written on the subject, eg by Paul Vinogradoff in the 1920s - excerpt at http://www.efm.bris.ac.uk/het/vinogradoff/feudal

Answer 4

Simply, feudalism is a system of government in which land is owned by overlords, and 'serfs' or men who are bonded to the land and the the Lord do the farmiing and provide food for the overlord's needs. The overlord in turn,usualy owes allegiance to another overlord until you get to the top, King in the case of Europe, Shogun(ruling for disempowered emperor)in Japan.

Each group has responsibilities to the other for provision,protection, and guardiance.

Answer 5

A political and economic system of Europe from the 9th to about the 15th century, based on the holding of all land in fief or fee and the resulting relation of lord to vassal and characterized by homage, legal and military service of tenants, and forfeiture. May not be applicable.

Answer 6

I learned this in school last year. During the Middle Ages, the King would keep half of his land, and give the reast to a noble. The nable would py a certain amount of his crops to the kings as payment for the land. The noble would keep half of his land and give it to the farmers. Again, the farmers would pay a certain amount of crops to stay on the land. The farmers would farm half of the land themselves, and would have slave farm the other half, which would only get about a quarter of the crops that they produce.

Answer 7

There is this boss owning all the land...
And then the land is appropriated to a lot of small-time farmers to wotk on the land...
The boss has full right to the yield...and grants a portion of this yield to the workers fot their upkeep...
This is Feudalism.