Feudal System In 14th Century England

Feudalism was used to make certain countries to make them self sufficient. The Feudal system had made everything belong to something else. The Kings or the monarch, had control over the lords and appoint them to rule over a certain piece of land, The lords appoint the vassals, or Knights who would defend the manor from attacks. In return they heat a piece of land that would be taken care of. After the Knights, there were serfs.In the fourteenth century, England was governed by using the feudal system, which means "that everything ultimately belonged to someone else"(Cartwright 32).There were two types of serfs. The freeman, and the peasants. The freeman does the same work as a peasant but they are allowed to come and go as they please, and the peasant is bound to the land and
Shopkeepers closed stores("The Black Death"). The Black Death had affected animals such as cows, sheep, goats, pigs, and chickens("The Black Death"). There were wool shortages because of sheep that were dying from the black death. The Black Death had also help the decline of feudalism because of how high and overcrowded the population was.During the high Middle Ages, it was a time for growth and prosperity(Butler). The population had started to rise because of the new techniques of farming, and more demands for food. Eventually, people started to look for new lands and civilization (Butler).This made the population grow even more(Butler).In the 1300's, the normal and healthy climate had turned wet and colder than usual, and because of this, it had started early floods and frost (Butler). There was a great famine around the years 1316 and 1317" and reports that the Baltic Sea froze over in 1303 and 1316"(Butler).