Fief

the people turned to a new type of government. This type of government was called feudalism. “Feudalism represents a social system of rights and obligations whose foundation lies in land ownership and personal relations in which vassals hold land as fief granted by an overlord (senior), while feudal society imposes as a system of organization based on interdependence of people in which the overlords, subordinated to each other, govern the villagers who cultivate the land thus creating them…

It developed due to weakening of the centralized government following the Carolingian period. Its primary purpose was military protection from foreign invaders for citizens. The lord granted a fief, or plot of land, to a vassal. In return, the vassal pledged allegiance and military service to his lord. Church officials were also vassals and appointed by the lord. The relationship between lord and vassal also required the vassal to make monetary…

After the fall of the Roman Empire, there was no strong leader or government to take its place in Europe. As a result, Europe was thrown into a period of decline called the Dark Ages. During this period of time, there were no advances in literature, math, art, ect because the main goal of the population was to stay alive. The people clung to Christianity to comfort them through their lives. Through the population’s fear and desperation for safety, the feudal system was created. Feudalism…

In the Middle Ages the population of towns and cities in Europe began to grow. The growth of trade fairs and markets along with advancements in farming, such as the heavy plow that lead to increased food production, caused this growth in population. People's lives in the Medieval Times was controlled by different systems that told them how to live and what their job was. Merchants were in control of the trade system over the Silk Road, which provided the country of Europe new goods and a way to…

In the medieval Europe there was a system of hierarchy. The obligations, land, work, homes, and the life of women were similar and yet different for people of different social classes. Serfs were the lowest social class and were considered as part of the property. Nobles are below the king, but still lived very well compared to serfs. Life was difficult for both serfs and nobles. Like most people serfs and nobles wanted safety. The serfs cared little about their status or wealth because they…

“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” In this quote by author Helen Keller, Keller claims that the only way to further reveal your true personality is to make decisions in the scene of conflict. Keller claims that the only way to develop your character is to get through the roadblocks of life. Evidence of this this claim can be found in Shakespeare 's play, Macbeth.…

Feudalism has been in effect in medieval times in europe and japan. Feudalism is a social system mainly in medieval Europe where nobles were given the gift of land that is owned by kings or emperors. In return the noble peoples give any kind of military service that the king or emperor requests. How is feudalism in Europe similar or different from feudalism in Japan? Leaders of Japan and Europe were different in such ways that kings for example in europe held power overall. They could also…

the king's position. He also took the position of king way too seriously, he thought he could do anything. In fact he killed, robbed and kicked out the the native inhabitants of England, this made it possible to put in the 200 hundred lords he gave fiefs to.(Norman 111) William made the society a more uniform way of ruling over the conquered land, he made many reforms. One reform he made was that any private wars or quarrels had to be brought to court (Norman 111). This was to show all of the…

Viking Claim Feudalism, the political system that was to dominate Europe for centries. If it wasn’t for the Vikings and their attacks and raids in the battle of Hastings, English wouldn’t be the same as it is today and French culture wouldn't be blended the same way it is today. Vikings had the biggest influence on everything. Although the kings didn’t help during the time when the Vikings attacked, they are still at the top of the feudal society but powerful nobles became lords of the local…

This social system is constructed upon the promises of loyalty for people in exchange for land and services. The feudal system started out with a monarch, a king or queen, who theoretically owned all the land in the kingdom. The monarch distributed fiefs, or units of land, to his lords. The amount of land distributed to lords was determined by the loyalty of the lords. In exchange for land, lords offered protection to the king when needed by supplying an army of knights. Lords also had people…