Merchants and the common people.
Kings and Popes... I believe. (:
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Vassalage is the relationship between the feudal lord and his vassal. Kings had higher lords as vassals, and higher lords had lower lords as vassals. The practice was called subinfeudation.
The feudal system took place first in Ancient China, and years later was founded by Medival Europe (not from the chinese) and adopted it. It was used because it made managing the land easier for the monarchs, dividing the power among barons and lords.
They were to keep an eye out for the king. The lords and ladies hired knights and gave money to the king when needed.
Merchants and the common people.
it helped shift the power to the pesants and make a democrocy
The hundred years' war weakened the feudal system because it helped shift power from lords to monarchs to commoners. Knights and castles were less useful because gunpowder and longbows were invented. Also a new feeling of nationalism shifted power away from lords
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They led to a shift in power from feudal lords to common people and monarchs.
nobles
Kings and Popes... I believe. (:
At that time there was feudalism, where people answered to their feudal lords. These lords would fight each other for power and territory.
In a feudal society, serfs had to pay lords with crops
Status gives a person more power. The higher the status, the more power. For example, A King would have more power then Lords. Lords would have more power over knights. Knights would have more power than Serfs.
vassals
Feudal lords.