Question

Write an essay on feudalism.How did it develop in England?








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Answer 1

Answer:

When William the Conqueror became King of England in 1066 he introduced a new kind of feudal system into Britain. William confiscated the land in England from the Saxon lords and allocated it to members of his own family and the Norman lords who had helped him conquer the country.

Answer 2

ESSAY

It is difficult to define ‘Feudalism’ in a precise manner for the enormous complexities the term indicated. But a near app­roach to a more or less good definition may be made by calling it a system of economic, political and social relationship that subsisted in Europe between the ninth or tenth and the thirteenth centuries.

It is difficult to define ‘Feudalism’ in a precise manner for the enormous complexities the term indicated. But a near app­roach to a more or less good definition may be made by calling it a system of economic, political and social relationship that subsisted in Europe between the ninth or tenth and the thirteenth centuries.Myers defines ‘Feudalism’ as ‘a special form of society and government, based upon a peculiar tenure of land which prevailed in Europe during the latter part of the Middle Ages, attaining, however, its most perfect development in the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth centuries.’

It is difficult to define ‘Feudalism’ in a precise manner for the enormous complexities the term indicated. But a near app­roach to a more or less good definition may be made by calling it a system of economic, political and social relationship that subsisted in Europe between the ninth or tenth and the thirteenth centuries.Myers defines ‘Feudalism’ as ‘a special form of society and government, based upon a peculiar tenure of land which prevailed in Europe during the latter part of the Middle Ages, attaining, however, its most perfect development in the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth centuries.’Indeed it was typically ‘a medieval system of government whose chief characteristic was the exercise by large land­owners of sovereign rights formerly exercised by the monarch; the inseparable association, in other words, of landownership with powers of government.’ To sum up, Feudalism as a whole was a ‘combi­nation of private government, a particular system of land-holding, and a personal dependence the last two also entailing a military system.’

How did it develop in England?

• When William the Conqueror became King of England in 1066 he introduced a new kind of feudal system into Britain. William confiscated the land in England from the Saxon lords and allocated it to members of his own family and the Norman lords who had helped him conquer the country.

• structure of the feudal system was like a pyramid, where the king was at the apex (point at the top) and the villeins or peasants (common people) of the country were at the base. In between the two were several groups of people who were a vassal to those directly above meaning that they swore loyalty to them. Each group of people were granted land and protection by those above in return for services.