LITERATURE QUESTIONS
EARLY BRITISH LITERATURE
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Merchants/Farmers/Craftsmen
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Monarch (king/queen)
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Nobles
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Knights/Vassals
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Detailed explanation-1: -Under the English feudal system, the person of the king (asserting his allodial right) was the only absolute “owner” of land. All nobles, knights and other tenants, termed vassals, merely “held” land from the king, who was thus at the top of the “feudal pyramid".
Detailed explanation-2: -As mentioned, the king was at the top of the pyramid and the head of the feudal society. Under the king were the vassals, or nobles who were given land and castles by the king for their promise of protection and loyalty to him in time of war.
Detailed explanation-3: -The King was in complete control under the Feudal System. He owned all the land in the country and decided who he would grant a fief to. He therefore only allowed those men he could trust to lease land from him. However, before they were given any land they had to swear an oath to remain faithful to the King.