Feudalism

Feudalism is a system of government based on land ownership. People were willing to give up their freedom for security. Feudalism is like a social pyramid with littlest amount of people on the top and the most on the bottom. The very top of the pyramid is the pope, then there is the king, next are the nobles, then the knights, and the lowest class is the peasants. The King rules all of the land he gives some of the land to the nobles. Then the nobles give some of the land to the knights in exchange for protection. The knights make the peasants work very hard for almost nothing in return.

The most significant part of Feudalism was that the Roman Catholic Church was the glue that held Feudalism together.



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