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  2. Feudalism - Wikipedia

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    Feudalism, also known as the feudal system, was a combination of legal, economic, military, cultural, and political customs that flourished in medieval Europe from the 9th to 15th centuries. Broadly defined, it was a way of structuring society around relationships derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labour.

  3. Examples of feudalism - Wikipedia

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    Feudalism in the 12th century Norman England was among the better structured and established in Europe at the time. However, it could be structurally complex, which is illustrated by the example of the feudal barony of Stafford as described in a survey of knight's fees made in 1166 and recorded in The Black Book of the Exchequer.

  4. Feudalism in England - Wikipedia

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    Feudalism took root in England following William of Normandy's conquest in 1066. Over a century earlier, before the full unification of England, the seven smaller kingdoms that made up the Heptarchy had maintained an unstable relationship of raids, ransoms, and truces with Viking groups from Denmark and Normandy between the seventh and tenth ...

  5. Fealty - Wikipedia

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    In medieval Europe, an oath of fealty (German: Lehnseid) was a fundamental element of the feudal system in the Holy Roman Empire.It was sworn between two people, the feudal subject or liegeman (vassal) and his feudal superior (liege lord).

  6. Feoffment - Wikipedia

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    In the Middle Ages, especially under the European feudal system, feoffment / ˈ f ɛ f m ən t / or enfeoffment was the deed by which a person was given land in exchange for a pledge of service.

  7. Demesne - Wikipedia

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    The system of manorial land tenure, broadly termed feudalism, was conceived in France, but was exported to areas impacted by French expansion during the Middle Ages, including the British Isles after the Norman Conquest. In this feudal system, the demesne was all the land retained and managed by a lord of the manor for his own use and support.

  8. Talk:Examples of feudalism - Wikipedia

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  9. Lord of the manor - Wikipedia

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    Lord of the manor is a title that, in Anglo-Saxon England and Norman England, referred to the landholder of a historical rural estate.The titles date to the English feudal (specifically Baronial) system.