ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MEDIEVAL LITERATURE AND CULTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why is the concept of feudalism important in medieval literature?
A
Feudalism represents the world of scholars who studied the ancient texts of the past.
B
The feudal world is one of glamor and beauty.
C
Feudalism represents an economic hierarchy, the upper levels of which created and consumed literature.
D
Feudalism represents interesting family quarrels that make for good stories.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Feudalism allowed societies in the Middle Ages to retain a relatively stable political structure even as the centralized power of empires and kingdoms began to dissolve.

Detailed explanation-2: -In more economic contexts, feudalism was based upon a system in which peasants and slaves were required to fulfill certain obligations for their lord; by paying money rents, providing food renders, or working the land held directly in the lord’s hands (demesne).

Detailed explanation-3: -Feudalism was the economic and political system of Medieval Europe. It was land-based and built upon the system of loaning a loyal person land in return for military service and taxes. It depended upon loyalty and the use of land as wealth.

Detailed explanation-4: -Charlemagne, as the creator of this integrated system on which the whole of his society was based, was the Father of Feudalism.

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