the king gave the lords more land as the lords added more knights to the kings army
The king would give the lords more land while the lords added more knights to the kings army.
they were given land
feudal lords
The ownership of land became an increasing source of power for feudal lords because land was the primary source of wealth and resources during the feudal era. Control over land allowed lords to extract labor and taxes from peasants, thereby securing a steady income and reinforcing their social status. Additionally, land ownership provided military advantages, as lords could raise armies from their vassals in exchange for protection and land tenure. This concentration of land and resources enabled feudal lords to exert significant influence over political and economic affairs in their regions.
Lords
This is a feudal society that you ask about.
Lords, because they were higher up the feudal tree.
Lords were very important in Ancient China. This is because the country was run on a feudal system in which lords owned parts of the land and the people in it.
Feudal Lords were the ones who swore loyalty in exchange for land. They controlled all of the land.
The feudal system divided people into distinct social classes based on land ownership and obligations. At the top were the monarchs, who granted land to nobles (lords) in exchange for military service. Below the lords were vassals and knights, who served the lords in return for protection and land. At the bottom were the peasants and serfs, who worked the land and provided food and labor, often with limited rights and freedom.
Vassals served lords in exchange for protection and land rights. In the feudal system, vassals pledged loyalty and military service to their lords in return for the lord's support and the ability to use and cultivate land on the lord's estate.
The feudal system is old fashioned, but that is not what the word means. This refers to the political system that held from roughly the 9th through 15 centuries in Europe. Feudal lords held large territories, and there was no private ownership of land by ordinary individuals. The people living on the land were vassals and subject to the lords. The lords exacted taxes from the vassals based on what the vassals could produce from the land, and the vassals were also expected to remain loyal to the lords in matters of defense, etc. The lords themselves were usually subject to the king, who was in fact the sole owner of all the lands in his domain.