Feudalism
noun
A social system that existed in Europe during the Middle Ages, where people worked and fought for nobles who gave them protection and the use of land in return.
The lord had complete power over the land and people under feudalism.
Often appears as...
- feudalism system
- feudalism in europe
noun
A system in which people (called vassals) were given land and protection by people of higher rank (called lords), and worked and fought for them in return. This system was widely used in the medieval period.
The vassals pledged their allegiance to the lords under feudalism.
Often appears as...
- feudalism in the medieval period
- rise of feudalism
noun
A social system that existed in Europe during the Middle Ages, where people worked and fought for nobles who gave them protection and the use of land in return.
The lord had complete power over the land and people under feudalism.
Often appears as...
- feudalism system
- feudalism in europe
noun
A system in which people (called vassals) were given land and protection by people of higher rank (called lords), and worked and fought for them in return. This system was widely used in the medieval period.
The vassals pledged their allegiance to the lords under feudalism.
Often appears as...
- feudalism in the medieval period
- rise of feudalism
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Context
Understand feudalism as a historical term reflecting medieval social structures, not modern ones.
Historical novels often depict the rigid social hierarchy of feudalism.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Contemporary
Feudalism is not used to describe current social systems, it's a term for past societies.
She studied feudalism to understand the history of medieval Europe, not present-day politics.
Pro Tip 3/3Power Dynamics
Reflects strict power hierarchies, notice the focus on land and protection in exchange for service.
Feudalism was based on a hierarchy with the king at the top, followed by lords and vassals.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Context
Understand feudalism as a historical term reflecting medieval social structures, not modern ones.
Historical novels often depict the rigid social hierarchy of feudalism.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Contemporary
Feudalism is not used to describe current social systems, it's a term for past societies.
She studied feudalism to understand the history of medieval Europe, not present-day politics.
Pro Tip 3/3Power Dynamics
Reflects strict power hierarchies, notice the focus on land and protection in exchange for service.
Feudalism was based on a hierarchy with the king at the top, followed by lords and vassals.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Context
Understand feudalism as a historical term reflecting medieval social structures, not modern ones.
Historical novels often depict the rigid social hierarchy of feudalism.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Contemporary
Feudalism is not used to describe current social systems, it's a term for past societies.
She studied feudalism to understand the history of medieval Europe, not present-day politics.
Pro Tip 3/3Power Dynamics
Reflects strict power hierarchies, notice the focus on land and protection in exchange for service.
Feudalism was based on a hierarchy with the king at the top, followed by lords and vassals.
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The past, present and...
Higher living standards also brought an increase in social mobility, weakening feudalism, and eventually leading to political reforms. But the plague also had an important biological impact. The sudden death of so many of the most frail and vulnerable people
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Eric X. Li: A tale of...
When I was growing up, I was told a story that explained all I ever needed to know about humanity. It went like this. All human societies develop in linear progression, beginning with primitive society, then slave society, feudalism, capitalism, socialism,
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The past, present and...
Higher living standards also brought an increase in social mobility, weakening feudalism, and eventually leading to political reforms. But the plague also had an important biological impact. The sudden death of so many of the most frail and vulnerable people
Video examples
Eric X. Li: A tale of...
When I was growing up, I was told a story that explained all I ever needed to know about humanity. It went like this. All human societies develop in linear progression, beginning with primitive society, then slave society, feudalism, capitalism, socialism,
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David Brin
American Author
Competition, by itself, always leads to cheating by the powerful, who try to establish pyramids of power, like feudalism. Yet, competition is the great creative force! So how do we save it from its own contradictions? By cooperation! By cooperating with each other, via politics, to make rules and prevent cheating, so that competition can thrive!
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Marvin Ammori
American Lawyer
Ever since the end of Medieval feudalism, and the writings of John Locke, we have understood the importance of being able to buy and sell one's own property, including books and watches, both for reasons of economics and liberty.
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C. L. R. James
Trinidadian Journalist
In the last quarter of the eighteenth century bourgeois Europe needed to emancipate itself from that combination of feudalism and commercial capitalism which we know as mercantilism.
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Lawrence Lessig
American Educator
The danger in media concentration comes not from the concentration, but instead from the feudalism that this concentration, tied to the change in copyright, produces.
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John Lydon
English Musician
We need wealthy dogs off the seats of power. They're taking us back to feudalism and I really don't want that. But I'm very far from being a socialist.
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John McCarthy
American Politician
We modern Marxists regard socialism as a historically brief transitional stage between feudalism and capitalism, necessary only in backward countries.
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Timothy Leary
American Educator
In the information age, you don't teach philosophy as they did after feudalism. You perform it. If Aristotle were alive today he'd have a talk show.
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Swara Bhaskar
Indian Actress
Bollywood, as an industry, is based on relationships. It has always been star-driven, and it has an element of feudalism.
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John Boyle O'Reilly
Irish Poet
With the advance of feudalism came the growth of iron armor, until, at last, a fighting-man resembled an armadillo.
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Barbara Amiel
British Journalist
Totalitarianism is feudalism in the twelfth century sense of the word.
Quote examples
David Brin
American Author
Competition, by itself, always leads to cheating by the powerful, who try to establish pyramids of power, like feudalism. Yet, competition is the great creative force! So how do we save it from its own contradictions? By cooperation! By cooperating with each other, via politics, to make rules and prevent cheating, so that competition can thrive!
Quote examples
Marvin Ammori
American Lawyer
Ever since the end of Medieval feudalism, and the writings of John Locke, we have understood the importance of being able to buy and sell one's own property, including books and watches, both for reasons of economics and liberty.
Quote examples
C. L. R. James
Trinidadian Journalist
In the last quarter of the eighteenth century bourgeois Europe needed to emancipate itself from that combination of feudalism and commercial capitalism which we know as mercantilism.
Quote examples
Lawrence Lessig
American Educator
The danger in media concentration comes not from the concentration, but instead from the feudalism that this concentration, tied to the change in copyright, produces.
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John Lydon
English Musician
We need wealthy dogs off the seats of power. They're taking us back to feudalism and I really don't want that. But I'm very far from being a socialist.
Quote examples
John McCarthy
American Politician
We modern Marxists regard socialism as a historically brief transitional stage between feudalism and capitalism, necessary only in backward countries.
Quote examples
Timothy Leary
American Educator
In the information age, you don't teach philosophy as they did after feudalism. You perform it. If Aristotle were alive today he'd have a talk show.
Quote examples
Swara Bhaskar
Indian Actress
Bollywood, as an industry, is based on relationships. It has always been star-driven, and it has an element of feudalism.
Quote examples
John Boyle O'Reilly
Irish Poet
With the advance of feudalism came the growth of iron armor, until, at last, a fighting-man resembled an armadillo.
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Barbara Amiel
British Journalist
Totalitarianism is feudalism in the twelfth century sense of the word.
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