The king who granted land to his nobles to keep for him. He could take it back at anytime.
the kings, lords, and knights
Ultimately the Monarch.
A fief
Feudalism is simply the exchange of land (fief), between the nobles (lords) and the knights (vassals) for military protection.
feudalism
The Crusades caused many nobles and knights to leave their land which caused feudalism to decline. Because of the decline in feudalism, many kings took the opprotunity to come to power and create a kingdom.
The beginnings of Feudalism are obscure. Powerful men with powerful armies eventually gained control of the lands in early Europe. Feudalism was grounded on a simple principle: the land is the state and therefore the head of state (the king) owns the land. All the variations of Feudalism flowed from that principle. The king granted estates to the nobility in return for service. The nobility then became the local rulers and established their own hierarchy's. Therefore, the country was governed by those lords, and Kings eventually became figureheads. The nobility granted land rights and protection to vassals in return for service. Those rights descended to serfs and tenants in return for services and villages evolved around the estates. As rights descended there was a diminution of status. To work the land, keep the masses poor and the gentry rich
He owned the land and the people. He was judge and jury when it came to law.
Kings and lords owned the land and peasants called serfs, so lords and kings had all the power.
Feudalism gave nobles military services. Even though the Crown benefited, it didn't benefit the people who actually owned the land.
Feudalism.
Feudal system, the use of feudalism.
In England all the land from earldom to peasant holding was governed by the conditional term of feudalism which had been imposed by the Norman Conquest. There was "no ownership" , no allodial land owned outright. Peasant holdings were normally transmitted from one generation to another as if they were owned. Common feudal law did not recognize this right for villeins, but practice contradicted law, and was endorsed by the courts. To complicate things land itself was classified as free or villein. Either money rents on one hand or labor services on the other might be owed for it. Land held by villein tenure was called "customary land" and was held under the custom of the manor.
One system for organizing and governing society based on land and service is feudalism. Feudalism was a hierarchical system prevalent in medieval Europe where the land was owned by a noble lord who granted portions of land, called fiefs, to vassals in exchange for their loyalty and military service. This system provided a rigid structure and a means of social organization during that time period.
The Compagnie des Cent-Associés owned all the land in France.
They used feudalism, which gave the king the right to own all the land and distribute it to loyal supporters, called lords. In exchange, lords sent soldiers to fight if the king was attacked.
Feudalism is basically the trading of land for LOLCATZ!!
Feudalism Every sovereign state
Kings divided their land in fiefs. They would give this land to a noble in return the noble swore to show loyalty, support in war and keep peace.