ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Feudalism in Western Europe was a politico-economic system that created a social fabric with military obligations. It produced a set of manners and norms – chivalry – and spawned an elegant form of literature that helped Europeans capture and develop pride in their histories.

Detailed explanation-2: -The king was at the top of society, and therefore at the top of the feudal system. When he conquered England, King William took all of the land in the country. To manage this, he gave large areas of land to noblemen, including the clergy, lords and barons, in return for them raising him money and an army.

Detailed explanation-3: -When William the Conqueror became King of England in 1066 he introduced a new kind of feudal system into Britain. William confiscated the land in England from the Saxon lords and allocated it to members of his own family and the Norman lords who had helped him conquer the country.

Detailed explanation-4: -feudalism, also called feudal system or feudality, French féodalité, historiographic construct designating the social, economic, and political conditions in western Europe during the early Middle Ages, the long stretch of time between the 5th and 12th centuries.