INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
DECLINE OF FEUDALISM
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strengthened the role of feudal lords in society.
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made the importance of individuals decline dramatically.
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contributed to the decline of the feudal system.
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led to rapid increases in the population of Europe.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Impact of the Hundred Years’ War The Hundred Years’ War contributed to the decline of feudalism by helping to shift power from feudal lords to monarchs and common people. During the war, monarchs on both sides. had collected taxes and raised large professional armies.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Black Death brought about a decline in feudalism. The significant drop in population because of massive numbers of deaths caused a labor shortage that helped end serfdom. Towns and cities grew. The decline of the guild system and an expansion in manufacturing changed Europe’s economy and society.
Detailed explanation-3: -How did political changes in England weaken feudalism? Serfs had to live on the land that they farmed. Nobles lost power to the king or common people. Constant conflict led to a loss of social order.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Black Death left in its wake a period of defiance and turmoil between the upper classes and the peasantry. The dispute regarding wages led to the peasants’ triumph over the manorial economic system and ultimately ended in the breakdown of feudalism in England.