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    Although‚ the reasons why these two areas turned to feudalism are different‚ both societies had many centuries of this similar type of government. European feudalism was influenced most likely by the fall of the Roman empire and Germanic tribes (and other external forces) who had tried to invade them. Japan‚ on the other hand‚ adopted the system to settle internal disputes in the country and to split up the land between the nobility; Japanese feudalism developed because of internal attacks by groups

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    French feudalism started in the 9th century and formally abolished on the night of 4 August 1789 during the French Revolution. In France most noblemen believed Feudalism was the best way to own or manage land. An aristocrat would give vassals land and in exchange the vassal promised military service to the lord. Although Feudalism was a very self-sufficient system of governing‚ it did have its negative side. For example most vassals could not travel outside of their region unless it was to defend

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    fief‚ the vassal would provide military service to the lord. The obligations and relations between lord‚ vassal and fief form the basis of feudalism. Document 2: a. The Manorial System is the political‚ economic‚ and social system by which peasants of medieval Europe were made dependent on their land and on their lord derived from the word ’manor.’ Feudalism is a hierarchical system in which a lord or king gives a gift or land (known in Latin as a feudum) to a vassal‚ such as a knight‚ in exchange

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    Feudalism was the way of life for the people of the middle ages. Feudalism took the place of the Roman government in Europe. It started after the fall of Rome. At the time‚ Europe was lawless and violent with no central government to rule anyone (Biel‚ Timothy Levi 10). Feudalism was an economic and military society that is based in oaths and contracts. This means that feudalism intertwined the military and the economy of medieval Europe and in order to sustain life there was need for oaths and loyalty

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    Medieval European feudalism was an institution that served as a set of political and economic survival tactics from around the 8th century to 15th century AD. In the early middle ages‚ the political and economic climate in Europe was unstable after the fall of the Roman Empire. The Germanic invaders‚ such as the Franks‚ struggled to achieve a functional system of government to organize their territories because they basically had to build themselves up from the ground. Feudalism can be traced back

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    Political turmoil and constant warfare led to the rise of the European feudalism‚ a political and economic system based on land ownership and personal loyalty. During the Middle Ages invaders raised havoc all over Europe‚ and as a result people looked at local leaders for protection‚ causing kings to lose political power. A new social order was set up as well as a different economic system. Feudalism changed the economic‚ social‚ and political systems severely‚ and made the way we know the Middle

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    Feudalism‚  a  dominant  social  system  in  both  Europe  and  Japan‚  became  a  remarkably  important  aspect  of  medieval  life.  It  was  a  response  to  military  necessity  during  a  time  when  there  were  no  armies  or  governments  with  the  funding to  support  such  defense.  In  this  social  system‚  the  nobility  held  the  lands  given  to  them  by  the  Crown  in exchange  for military  service  and in  which  vassals  were tenants of the nobles  while  the peasants were

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    Feudalism began in France around A.D. 900 and spread. The feudal hierarchy was an arrangement of rank resembling a pyramid. At the top of the pyramid was the king. In the feudal relationship the king was the suzerain‚ or lord‚ of a group of dukes and counts who were his vassals. Each of these vassals was in turn lord to lesser vassals‚ who had even less important vassals. At the bottom of the pyramid were the knights‚ who had no vassals. Lord and vassal owed certain obligations to each other. The

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    Feudalism is defined as a system of government and landownership. Feudalism arose because of a disagreement between Rollo‚ the head of a Viking army‚ and Charles the Simple‚ the king of France. Rollo had been looting a river valley for years‚ and Charles the Simple‚ with little power‚ did little about it. One day‚ Charles the Simple decided to make a deal with Rollo. The deal was Charles would give Rollo a piece of land in exchange for peace from his Viking army. More and more of these agreements

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    Feudalism was dominant in most parts of Europe for over seven centuries‚ however it reached it’s zenith during eleventh to thirteen century….. Though many of its institutions were survived till the end of the eighteenth century. There were several factors which led to the decline of feudal system. The holy roman empire ‚ which came into existence during this period represented a force which kept in chek the evil tendencies of the german feudalism. The Papacy rendered valuable

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