Compare Feudalism And Manorialism

Before one can truly distinguish Feudalism from Manorialism, one must define each of the systems. Feudalism can be defined as the primary legal and military framework, prominent from the 9th to the 15th century, where the warrior nobility received pieces of land from the ruler in exchange for his military service, and vassals were identified as tenants of the warrior nobility, while the peasants, or serfs, were required to live on their lord's property, while providing him with their respect, and a share of the what they generate from the work they do on the land; by doing this, the peasants (or serfs) receive military protection (Berman, Feudal Law). Manorialism, which was prominent from the 8th to the 13th century, was an economic, social, and political system where peasants were known to be reliant on their land and their lord that gave them their safety, and the system also dealt with matters presiding over the lord of the manor and his jurisdiction, which mainly included torts, local contracts and land tenure, and their powers were only over those who lived within the lands of the manor. The manorial courts were considered to be the lowest courts of law during the feudal era and were limited geographically and in the subject of the matter (Berman, Manorial Law). To sum it up, Feudalism was the political and military system of
The primary similarity between the two systems is the format for exchanging protection/provision and respect for using the land. The serfs had to support the lord of the manor and were given the ability to utilize their land as a home and workplace, while being kept safe (Berman, Manorial Law); this process was similar for the vassal in Feudal Law, where they worked on the land of the warrior nobility to keep them protected (Berman, Feudal