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Feudalism

The essay is about Feudalism which is a type of hierarchical leadership system, where a lord or king gives a gift or land to buy for his protection. Medieval Europe was based on feudalism Feudum were originally a mere composition of the military items and goods.

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Feudalism Feudalism refers to a hierarchical leadership system, where a lord or king gives a gift or land known in Latin as a feudum to a vassal, i.e. a knight, to buy for his protection. Medieval Europe was characterized with feudalism type of leadership although most of the qualities, such as who owns what and why, go unnoticed. Feudum were originally a mere composition of the military items and goods, such as armor, weaponry, and horses. This changed by A.D. 1000, increasing the contents of a feudum to pieces of land which were known as fiefs. Beginning from this period, Europe relied so much on agricultural practice as a source of wealth creation; land was then seen as a source of status to those who owned it. Fief was also given to a vassal by his lord as away of turning a vassal into a member of the upper class, as well as a symbol of a gift bestowed to the Vassal it became very ...





... Black Death plague which significantly the population of England by one third making labour to become a valuable commodity in the country at that period also the peasants Revolt, after realizing their worth and demanding for changes (Mumford, 1986). . This led to the grant of charters which were however ignored by the nobles. Increase in trade practices led to the more towns, where the peasants migrated to seek for freedom, Land was rented and the rights of lords over labour decreased making the lords not to have as much dominance to the peasants as had been before. The Feudal Levy was unpopular and as time went by Nobles preferred to pay the King rather than to fight and raise troops. The armed men- mercenaries were paid a wage while the medieval warfare was financed by taxes and loans
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