![]() But they didn’t call it a feudal system at the time. The term feudal system was introduced much later, in the 1700s, by scholars studying the complex legal and political relationships of the Middle Ages. The word feudalism may call to mind images of lowly peasants toiling for haughty nobles, but the relationships in such systems were more complex than that. ![]() At the top of the hierarchy in the feudal system was a king, who traditionally owned all land and granted it directly to noblemen, known as lords, who held hereditary rights to it. Their tenants, called vassals, swore loyalty to the lord and provided military service (yes, knights in shining armor). Working the land (doing the actual farming) at the very bottom of the hierarchy were peasants called serfs. ![]() Serfs were not free to work elsewhere or go wherever they pleased-if the land passed from one owner to another, the serfs were then required to work the land for that new owner. EUROPE AND JAPAN FEUDALISM CHART HOW TO. ![]()
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