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Definitions of Feudalism?

Feudalism is simply the exchange of land (fief), between the nobles (lords) and the knights (vassals) for military protection.


What is the relationship between feudalism and the crusades?

Feudalism was a system of government during the Middle Ages. And the Crusades is a medieval military expedition.


What was the cause and effect relationship between the breakdown of the strong central government of the roman empire and the development of the feudalism?

Feudalism emerged as a result of the decentralization of the European empire. This was a system for structuring society around relationships derived from the holding of land in exchange of service or labour.


How did the crusades affect feudalism?

The crusade affected Europe in two ways. They increased trad between Europe and the Middle East, and the helped break down feudalism.


Why was feudalism invented?

Feudalism is a decentralized sociopolitical structure in which a weak monarchy attempts to control the lands through reciprocal agreements with regional leaders. Feudalism refers to the Medieval European political system composed of a set of reciprocal legal and military obligations among the warrior nobility.The word feudalism was not a medieval term but an invention of 16th century French and English lawyers to describe certain traditional obligations between members of the warrior aristocracy. The earliest known use of the term feudal was in the 17th century (1614), when the system it purported to describe was rapidly vanishing or gone entirely. No writers in the period in which feudalism was supposed to have flourished are known to have used the word itself.

Related Questions

What was one similarity between Japanese and European feudalism?

A high value of military skills and loyalty.


What is the difference between the European and Japanese hierarchy?

Part of the difference lies in the fact that the Japanese hierarchy had a greater number of roles particularily for the peasants. Wherase the European peasants were not necessarily divided into actual roles, the Japanese were. As well the addition of a Shogun is different from any role preseted within European feudalism. Since within European feudalism the monarch would fufill both the role of the emperor and the shogun in one.


What is the different between the pacific theater and the European theater?

in the European theater we fought the Germans in the pacific theater we fought the Japanese


Which best describes the economic differences between European feudalism and later economic models that emerged in Europe following the Commercial Revolution?

The European middle class was more powerful after the Commercial Revolution than it was under feudalism.


Which best describes the economic differences between European feudalism and later economic models that emerged in Europe following the commercial revolution?

The European middle class was more powerful after the Commercial Revolution than it was under feudalism.


Compare European and Japanese feudalism?

Feudalism in Japan was between the years 1192 and 1868 whereas in Europe it started in 800 and ended by 1400. The nights of both parties were loyal due to legal contract. They followed strict ethical codes and spent their lifetime getting ready for war.


What was the difference between European and Japanese art?

Eurpen art was about religion and Japanese art was about nature.


What are the differences Between Japanese Shinkansens and European High Speed Trains in terms of how the train is controlled?

The difference between Japanese Shinkansens and European High Speed Trains is that the European High Speed Trains make use of European EC Directive 96/48 while the Japanese Shinkansens use an ATC (Automatic Train Control) system.


What were the main cultural differences between feudal Europe and feudal Japan?

European feudalism was based instead on Roman Imperial laws and customs, supplemented with Germanic traditions, and supported by the authority of the Catholic Church. Japanese feudalism was based on the ideas of the Chinese philosopher Kong Qiu or Confucius (551-479 BCE). Confucius stressed morality and filial piety, or respect for elders and other superiors.


Was Feudalism an early form of democracy?

No there is no connection between the concept of feudalism and democracy.


What is different between European and Asia countries?

Um there in two different continents


Could someone compare and contrast feudalism in medieval Europe with feudalism in Japan?

when feudal japan began it is told that they were isolated and they got that from the European feudalism. Both of there feudalisms were made for scurity and stability. Also both countries had a war, like Europe had to fight invadors and japan had to fight warlords. This was all power and welth they say. For these battles they protected themselves. After the win, pesants were looking up to there lord (land owner). !