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Here are some answeres 1 The structure of the Feudal System involved the chuch at every stage 2 The church was granted 1/4 of the land in England by the King = power and money 3 The church granted people land then conrtolled their lives.
William created the feudal system to keep control of England
The Feudal System
No. The king was the most important figure in the feudal system. He owned all the land in england and infeudated (rent in return for certain things such as military service) to his barons who infeudated it to knights and so on and so forth until the peasants. Therefore the priests and the church actually did not own any land at all making them less powerful if anything than prior to the Battle of Hastings. However King William had vowed to reform the church of England (hence gaining the papal banner to invade england with). Regardless of wether they gained or lost power, the church and priests were definitely not the most powerful people in the feudal system.
King William the conqueror
Archbishop Thomas Becket was one of two archbishops in England. He was therefore at the very top rank of the Church in this country, but as a member of the Church he was not part of the feudal system directly.
Here are some answeres 1 The structure of the Feudal System involved the chuch at every stage 2 The church was granted 1/4 of the land in England by the King = power and money 3 The church granted people land then conrtolled their lives.
The Feudal System
William created the feudal system to keep control of England
No. The king was the most important figure in the feudal system. He owned all the land in england and infeudated (rent in return for certain things such as military service) to his barons who infeudated it to knights and so on and so forth until the peasants. Therefore the priests and the church actually did not own any land at all making them less powerful if anything than prior to the Battle of Hastings. However King William had vowed to reform the church of England (hence gaining the papal banner to invade england with). Regardless of wether they gained or lost power, the church and priests were definitely not the most powerful people in the feudal system.
Even though the monarch is the head of state, the feudal system is no longer used in england.
There is one major error here: the Catholic Church, while structured as a hierarchy, is not an example of the feudal system.The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, and the formal leader of the Catholic Church.
King William the conqueror
The only people who would want to defend the feudal system would be the rich and powerful.
nobles, the Church
the feudal system
The black death