The Feudal System In Medieval Europe

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The feudal society was based on exchanges. The king exchanged land with the lords, in exchange for money and knights, the lords gave land to the knights in exchange for protection, and the poor serfs, the lowest class basically had to serve everyone above them. Very unjust for the peasants, they did not have the opportunity to own land, and were not even allow to legally leave the land. The feudal system was perhaps the best they could come up with, in the turmoil of the Medieval Europe. There was a constant struggle among different movements, religions constantly pushing to gain territory, personal opportunism even using the name of a religion. Being able to control a vast territory by sectioning and appointing a community (manor) leader (Lord)
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