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During the Middle Ages people lived by farming, under a system called feudalism. Feudalism was based on the ownership of land. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, Europe was divided into small kingdoms, but real power belonged to local landowners. Central government was weak and people were often threatened by war. Nobles fought to defend their land and win more. People looked for defence, so freemen placed themselves under the protection of more powerful freemen. Those who did so were called vassals. That was how vassalage formed.

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