HISTORY
MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE
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a way for the military to secure its power over the peasants and landowners.
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a means for the church to collect more taxes for its support of the nobility.
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a contract in which land was granted to the peasants in exchange for military service to the nobles.
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a demand by the peasants for better living conditions and for a share in the economic prosperity of the Middle Ages.
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Detailed explanation-1: -A feudal contract was the agreement between a nobleman and a king or queen in which the nobleman pledged his allegiance and military service to the monarch in exchange for land or protection from invading countries. The same or similar contract would be arranged between a nobleman and a vassal.
Detailed explanation-2: -Classic feudalism In broad terms a lord was a noble who held land, a vassal was a person who was granted possession of the land by the lord, and the land was known as a fief. In exchange for the use of the fief and protection by the lord, the vassal would provide some sort of service to the lord.
Detailed explanation-3: -To supply knights to the monarch, the noble would often divide his fief of land among several men in exchange for their pledge of loyalty to the noble. These men were called knights.