ent of courtesy and noble deeds, and others think a hidden form of taxation.
             The knight came to be after the fall of the Roman Empire. After the fall, kingdoms had trouble with invasions from nomadic tribes and aggressive neighbors. To combat these invasions, these kingdoms formed armies of peasants and tenant farmers. However, these invading groups brought a new fighting style, the mounted warrior. So in order to defend them off they had to form their own mounted warrior, which were the knights.
             A knight was a mounted warrior that would serve a king or other feudal superiors during Medieval Europe. It is said that there are two characteristics that stand out of a knight, he fights on horseback and that he held his land by virtue of his military service. A lord or other superiors gave a knight land in return that he serves in their military.
             The land that the knight receives from his lord and the military service and homage that he provides in return is the basis of feudalism. Feudalism is defined as a medieval European political and economic system based on vassalage. A vassal is someone who receives the feudal lands from a lord, which are called a fief.
             There is no clear definitive answer to how much a knight gets from his landlord. I guess you could say that depends on the character of the knight. Many people believe that it is around twelve hides or 1,500 acres. But this figure had some leeway. It had to do with the quality of land, the amount of food and other resources that it can produce (p.133, Hilton).
             The knight in this feudal system is near the bottom of the ladder. The people the knight rent his land to are serfs. These serfs are bound to the land to raise crops. They work the land for the knight for protection and to put money in the land lords pockets. They are however free to plant whatever crops they wish.
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