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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.

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