![]() ![]() They would keep the peasants safe and give them land in exchange for their service. The lord would have owned the lands and everything in it. The different feudal system classes were as followed: the kings and queens at the top-most position, followed by barons, bishops, knights and then peasants. If there weren’t any roles, then everything would be a big mess. Roles were made to keep the kingdom in check. Women could have been a wife, mother, peasant, artisan, and nun, as well as some important leadership roles, such as abbess or queen regnant. Women didn’t have the same rights as men. Equality wasn’t a big deal in the medieval times. Back then, it was important for the citizens to be able to tell the difference between a rich and poor person. The feudal system exists to tell the difference between everyone’s status. I disagree with this statement because although feudalism brought order, security and safety to Europe, it doesn’t protect most of the population of Europe such as peasants, slaves and merchants. If there was a war to happen the rest of the community would have been left for themselves while the king, royals and knights would have been taken away in horses and protected by guards. Most people probably thought that this statement was true because the royals, kings and the nobles all lived longer than the peasants and slaves. The Knights were part of the safety but didn’t need too much because they were fighters. It brought minimal security to most of the people in Europe. ![]() The peasants and slaves didn’t have much protection. ![]() It provided safety to the king then nobles. They always had to stay with the king, while providing shelter and food to him, when he travelled across the country.įeudalism didn’t bring order to Europe because it was still unfair, they placed the nobles on top of peasants and then slaves and so on. The vassals were wealthy, powerful but not as powerful as the king, and had complete control of the land that was be trusted to them. The only catch that they had sworn to an oath, remaining faithful to the king all the time. The king had owned a large amount of land mass and had leased it to the people that were called vassals. When feudalism was created it, made the king have the ultimate power. The system was to account for all aspects of the society. The people had voted and thus feudalism was created. The people who lived in the western countries had needed some sort of political system for them to defend themselves. ![]() When the Western Roma Empire fell in 476 C.E., it made a state of chaos, that enclosed the Western Europe for many centuries. Feudalism happened as central authority was unable to perform its functions, this prevented the rise of other local’s powers, this caused the organization to form. The first and most important class is the king, he owned all the land in the country and made the rules for people to obey.įeudalism began in the western side of Europe and developed around 800 C.E, from the leftover fragments of the Western Roman Empire. The nobles also gave some land to the professional knights for their efforts in wars and for protecting the king. The second class of people were the nobles who agreed with the lords to supply the king with soldiers and horses for his army to be strong. The third class of people were the knights who fought for the kings and nobles. The lowest class were the peasants who worked the land for the nobles and knights so that in return they would get protection. Feudalism was the social system/hierarchy in medieval Europe which defined what the people were and their roles. ![]()
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