Feudalism

= Feudalism =

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In the middle ages allot of kingdoms in western Europe were feudal on carried the idea of feudalism. Feudalism is a term for lords or upper class rich men, and vassals or the people who serve them. Feudalism is made up of 2 levels local and kingdom level. Local level is were lords are the operators of thing such as military. The kindom level is the relationship between the kings and powerful lords. Feudalism is based of fiefs which a vassal is granted be a lord A vassal must have everything need to serve a lord a place to live and assistance in old age. Feudalism in England was the most complete. A vassal would have to give military court and occasionaly financial service. By 1500 alot of western eruope was no longer feudal. ABW Works Cited
 * “Feudalism.” Middle Ages:An Encylpedia for Students. Ed. William Chester Jordan. Vol. 2. New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1996. 94-97. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 3 May 2010.

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