Feudalism was the way of life for people. In the Middle Ages. Some
people, like the royalty and nobles, supported and liked feudalism. Others, like
serfs and slaves, did not enjoy feudalism. Everybody in society was involved with
feudalism. Various parts of society were involved more than others.
Feudalism emerged in western Europe in the ninth century. King
Charlamagne was the first major supporter of this form of government.
Feudalism is defined as a type of government in which political power was
treated as a private possession and was divided among a large number of
nobles. Feudalism was developed also tot decentralize the government. The
people did not want to have one person control the entire country. Feudalism
was also formed to be a way of protecting the people. The knights of the manor
protected everyone that lived there. This was a easy way rather then forming one
large army. Feudalism also made allies between manors. This allowed manors to
There were four major levels of Feudalism. The royalty made up the first
level. They were the leaders who collected taxes from the workers. The second
level of Feudalism was made up of lords and nobles. These people bought land
to employ the serfs. They owned the whole manor, and collected taxes from the
serfs to give to the royalty. The third level was made up of the knights. These
knights pledged their lives to nobles to protect the manor. They would die
protecting their noble's manor. The fourth and biggest level was made up of the
serfs and slaves. This was the base of feudalism. These people did all the work.
Once a serf was born, they were always a serf. The noble owned them till they
died. The serfs would pay the taxes to the royalty, and they also produced the
Many factors of society were intertwined with Feudalism. One major factor
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