How is feudalism and manor system connected?

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AnswerThey are one and the same. Not different. AnswerThere is some disagreement as to what feudalism is, but manorialism is part of it in any case. The manorial system developed from the Roman villa system, to which it was very similar. The feudal system was developed somewhat later as a way of distributing power in a society with a weak central government in the face of immediate threats to local stability to which that government could not respond. Please see the links below. AnswerIt depends on one's usage. In Marxism, feudalism constitutes a social formation incorporating the manorial system. Most non-Marxist specialists use feudalism in a far narrower sense to denote the relationships of the knightly elite: in this version, feudalism sits at the pinnacle of the manorial system.

To Marxists and others sharing their view of feudalism as a broad social order, feudalism would tend to predate classical manorialism, which is merely one of its expressions, though manorial economy incorporates substantial pre-feudal elements.

In the stricter usage, feudalism arose from the eighth century when much of the manorial system was already in place.