WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -All land was plotted and broken into smaller plots, each called a fief. These small plots were given by those of higher social rank to those of a lower social rank, such as from a king to a lord, or a lord to a peasant, usually in exchange for loyalty or heroics in battle.

Detailed explanation-2: -Feudalism. Feudalism was the medieval model of government predating the birth of the modern nation-state. 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-3: -At the top of feudal society was the king. To protect his kingdom and its people, he needed fighting men. He built his army by granting land to men of his kingdom. This land grant was called a fief.

Detailed explanation-4: -A fief (/fiːf/; Latin: feudum) was a central element in medieval contracts based on feudal law. It consisted of a form of property holding or other rights granted by an overlord to a vassal, who held it in fealty or “in fee” in return for a form of feudal allegiance, services, and/or payments.