Feudalism In Medieval Europe

Feudalism is a popular theme in the 9th through 12th century. It refers to a social system that was key feature in medieval Europe (Medieval Europe: Feudalism) and is also “unsuitable in describing an extraordinarily complex situation” (Medieval Europe: Feudalism). The concept of feudalism adapted the longer it stayed around is why most historians do not approve of the standard concept of just a social system. The origin of feudalism stems from the “basic idea common to any society with a warrior caste” for example in Sparta, where all free men are warriors, the support came directly from the slaved peasants of Messenia, referred as the helots. (History of Feudalism). The complication to fully define feudalism comes from the development of