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Answer Feudalism was the system of the loyalties and protection during the middle ages. As the Roman Empire crumbled, emperors granted land to nobles in exchange for their loyalty. These lands eventually develop into manors. A manor is the land owned by a noble and everything on it. A typical manor consisted of a castle, small villages and farmland. Answer 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.

Answer It should be added that the feudal system, though a type of manorial system, additionally was characterized by a weakcentral government and a hierarchical set of obligations from the king, through levels of nobility, to freemen and serfs. Its purpose was to provide for decentralized ability to respond to such problems as raids, invasions, rebellions, and other disturbances without having to wait for the central government to be able to act.

It should also be borne in mind that the word feudalism is not well defined and is even falling out of use for that reason. The differing definitions can get as broad as to equate with manorialism, and thus simply being the predominant system of the Middle Ages, or so narrow that it only includes systems in France from about 900 AD to 1430, the Holy Roman Empire of the period of 911 to 1438 AD, and in England from 1066 to 1154 during a time when Normans had not yet achieved stability.

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l) fragmentation of political power;

2) public power in private hands; and

3) armed forces secured through private contracts.
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What was the way of life of the middles ages called?

The way of life for much of the Middle Ages is called feudalism. Manorialism, which it is also called, is probably a better name because there is no really firm definition of what feudalism is.


Did feudalism start in Europe?

This depends on the definition of feudalism. If feudalism is regarded is identical to manorialism, then it started in the places that had been parts of the West Roman Empire, when that empire fell, at the start of the middle ages. Another view of feudalism is that it is a medieval system for the control of relatively large countries with weak central governments, and by this definition, it started about four hundred years after the fall of the West Roman Empire, in France and the Holy Roman Empire with the division of the Carolingian empire.


When did the Feudal System start and end?

The date for the beginning of feudalism depends on the definition of feudalism being used. There is no precise definition that has been agreed on. At the broadest meaning, feudalism equates approximately with manorialism, in which serfs live on manors in mutual obligation with their lords. The manorial system existed throughout the Middle Ages, and is based to a large degree on the system of the villa (manor) with coloni (serfs) of the Roman Empire, as defined by an imperial decree of Constantine I in 325 AD. A narrower definition of feudalism is one in which lords have their fiefs in a state of mutual obligation with the king. This system arose at about the time of Charlemagne, a little before 800 AD.


A political and military system based on the holding of land?

Feudalism Every sovereign state


Was feudalism associated with the dark ages?

Yes, feudalism was practiced during the Dark Ages. The Dark Ages lasted from about 476 to 1000 AD, a period also called the Early Middle Ages. The most widely held definition of feudalism has it being established around the time of Charlemagne, who reigned as king of the Franks from 768 to 814. It lasted until the end of the Middle Ages in some parts of Europe.

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What is a simple definition of feudalism?

lord gives land to knight, knight protects the lord


What was the way of life of the middles ages called?

The way of life for much of the Middle Ages is called feudalism. Manorialism, which it is also called, is probably a better name because there is no really firm definition of what feudalism is.


Did feudalism start in Europe?

This depends on the definition of feudalism. If feudalism is regarded is identical to manorialism, then it started in the places that had been parts of the West Roman Empire, when that empire fell, at the start of the middle ages. Another view of feudalism is that it is a medieval system for the control of relatively large countries with weak central governments, and by this definition, it started about four hundred years after the fall of the West Roman Empire, in France and the Holy Roman Empire with the division of the Carolingian empire.


What system of government was based on the exchange of the land for protection and service?

Feudalism.


When did the Feudal System start and end?

The date for the beginning of feudalism depends on the definition of feudalism being used. There is no precise definition that has been agreed on. At the broadest meaning, feudalism equates approximately with manorialism, in which serfs live on manors in mutual obligation with their lords. The manorial system existed throughout the Middle Ages, and is based to a large degree on the system of the villa (manor) with coloni (serfs) of the Roman Empire, as defined by an imperial decree of Constantine I in 325 AD. A narrower definition of feudalism is one in which lords have their fiefs in a state of mutual obligation with the king. This system arose at about the time of Charlemagne, a little before 800 AD.


What are the characteristic of feudalism?

what is feudalism


What does the word feudalism?

Feudalism, a term first used in theearly modern period (17th century), in its most classic sense refers to a Medieval European political system composed of a set of reciprocal legal and military obligations among the warrior nobility, revolving around the three key concepts of lords, vassals, and fiefs. There is no broadly accepted modern definition of feudalism.


Who created feudalism?

The Franks created feudalism


A political and military system based on the holding of land?

Feudalism Every sovereign state


Was feudalism associated with the dark ages?

Yes, feudalism was practiced during the Dark Ages. The Dark Ages lasted from about 476 to 1000 AD, a period also called the Early Middle Ages. The most widely held definition of feudalism has it being established around the time of Charlemagne, who reigned as king of the Franks from 768 to 814. It lasted until the end of the Middle Ages in some parts of Europe.


Is feudalism still big today?

No it is not. Feudalism was a medieval system.


Where did feudalism emerge?

Feudalism first emerged among the franks