Definition of Feudal system

1. Noun. The social system that developed in Europe in the 8th century; vassals were protected by lords who they had to serve in war.


Definition of Feudal system

1. Noun. feudalism ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Feudal System

fetus in fetu
fetuses
fetwa
fetwah
fetwahs
fetwas
feu
feu-de-joie
feu de joie
feuar
feuars
feud
feudal
feudal law
feudal lord
feudal system (current term)
feudalisation
feudalise
feudalised
feudalises
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feudalism
feudalisms
feudalist
feudalistic
feudalists
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feudality
feudalization
feudalizations

Literary usage of Feudal system

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"OF THE feudal system. § 62. History of the feudal system.—It is impossible to understand, with any degree of accuracy, either the civil constitution of this ..."

2. General History of Civilization in Europe: From the Fall of the Roman Empire by Guizot (François), Caleb Sprague Henry (1882)
"It could not, in my opinion, have sprung more naturally from the principles of Christian so ciety. It is to the feudal system that we aie indebted ..."

3. History of Civilization in England by Henry Thomas Buckle (1866)
"the feudal system ; a vast scheme of polity, which, clumsy and imperfect as ... For, the feudal system was the first great secular plan that had been seen ..."

4. The Era of the Protestant Revolution by Frederic Seebohm (1901)
"(c) The feudal system, and (he force: which were breaking it up. ... The feudal system hindered the growth of free nations, not by tending too much to keep ..."

5. View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1822)
"Analysis of the feudal system—Iti local extent—View of the different ... of the Parliament—Registration of Edicts—Causes of the Decline of feudal system— ..."

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