HISTORY
MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE
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Under feudalism, kings gave land to nobles in exchange for their military service.
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Feudalism served to spread Christianity throughout Western Europe.
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Feudalism began as a way to protect those on pilgrimages to Jerusalem.
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The rise of feudalism marked the end of the Medieval Age.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Feudal society is a military hierarchy in which a ruler or lord offers mounted fighters a fief (medieval beneficium), a unit of land to control in exchange for a military service.
Detailed explanation-2: -In this “feudal” system, the king awarded land grants or “fiefs” to his most important nobles, his barons, and his bishops, in return for their contribution of soldiers for the king’s armies.
Detailed explanation-3: -Knights were given land by a Baron in return for military service and also had to protect the Baron, his family, and the Manor from attack. The Knights kept land for their own personal use and distributed the rest to peasants or serfs. Although not as rich as the Barons, Knights were quite wealthy.
Detailed explanation-4: -Origins of feudalism European feudalism had its roots in the Roman manorial system (in which workers were compensated with protection while living on large estates) and in the 8th century CE Kingdom of the Franks where a king gave out land for life (benefice) to reward loyal nobles and receive service in return.
Detailed explanation-5: -What is feudalism based on? Feudalism is based on an agreement between two groups of nobles, they were lords and vassals. The lords gave some land to the vassals in exchange for service, protection, and loyalty. Feudalism is a social and political system set up in the middle ages in Japan and Europe.