Feudalism

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We tend to link the concept of feudalism with the image of rich lords using cheap labor to benefit themselves. This paper argues that this is not entirely true, as feudalism also bears symbols of justice. The paper explains that, in a feudal society, no man is so high that he does not have certain obligations to the lower class, and no one is so low that they are without certain rights. The system of feudalism defines the social roles of each member of society, while setting up political and economic standards.

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"There is much discrepancy if feudalism is the proper term to describe the period of the Middle Ages. The Europeans of this time did not define the system in which they lived as feudalism. The term feudalism was invented in the sixteenth century by royal lawyers to describe the decentralized social, political, and economic society from which their society had emerged(Rise of Feudalism 1)."

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