WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Governmental power in a feudal society was
A
weak and decentralized with legal authority granted to those swearing allegiance to a lord or king.
B
held by a parliament, which was elected by the landowners and required the approval of the king.
C
enforced by the military and the church working together for the benefit of the lower class.
D
highly centralized with the king making all legislative and executive decisions.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Feudalism is an example of political decentralization because there were many land owning nobles that ruled over fiefdoms. They each had relative amounts of power that generally correlated with the size of their lands. Instead of power being centralized to one body, it was a hierachal system of nobility.

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