The Feudal lord provides the Vassal with land. The Vassal, in return, vows to fight for the Feudal lord, or serve him in various ways. The serfs who are mostly poor will be needing protection as well as a place to live in (err-- land). Thus, the serfs are usually required to pay taxes or till the vassal's land or serve the vassal.
The reciprocal relationship between the feudal lord, vassal, and serf shows that neither can live without the other. Land, on the other hand, is given much importance because a thousand years ago, everybody wanted/needed land. (Territory was a necessity)
A. Power was based on class relationships
A. Power was based on class relationships
Feudalism
Healthy relationships, unity and virtue!
Feudalism
it happened to allow the castle ages
Feudalism was of vital importance in dailey life in Medieval Europe.
TRUE! Feudalism is a series of complicated lord-and-vassal relationships between nobles, but the living conditions of serfs under the feudal system are hugely important to Western history. The overall squalor of the lives of the serfs (lower classes) contributed to the rapid spread of diseases like the black plague, the eventual re-emergence of major population centers, and the prevalence and importance of the Catholic church.
all the people knew their roles in a rigid class system
Feudalism is a social system of rights and duties based on land tenure and personal relationships in which land is held in fief by vassals from lords to whom they owe specific services and with whom they are bound by personal loyalty.
a oath of loyalty and a pledge of military service.
Feudalism.