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Feudalism in Medieval Europe
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What was the broad definition of feudalism according to Marc Bloch (1939)?

  • A formal political system conceived by people in the Middle Ages
  • A set of reciprocal legal and military obligations of the warrior nobility
  • A way of structuring society around land ownership only
  • A system of manorialism binding the nobility, clergy, and peasantry (correct)

    • According to François Louis Ganshof (1944), what were the key concepts that feudalism revolved around?

  • Manorialism, serfdom, and clergy obligations
  • Feudum, warrior nobility, and peasants
  • Reciprocal legal and military obligations
  • Lords, vassals, and fiefs (correct)

    • What ongoing discussion has been present among medieval historians regarding feudalism?

  • Whether feudalism was a formal political system in medieval Europe
  • Whether feudalism originated from the Latin word feudum
  • Whether feudalism is a useful construct for understanding medieval society (correct)
  • Whether feudalism only involved the warrior nobility

    • What did feudalism involve in exchange for land ownership?

    <p>Service or labour</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the three estates of the realm mentioned in relation to feudalism?

    <p>The nobility, clergy, and peasantry</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Feudalism was a combination of which of the following?

    <p>Legal, economic, military, cultural, and political customs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the term derived from that was used during the Medieval period?

    <p>Feodum or feudum (fief)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who were bound by a system of manorialism in the broader definition of feudalism?

    <p>The nobility, the clergy, and the peasantry</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who described a classic definition of feudalism that revolved around lords, vassals, and fiefs?

    <p>François Louis Ganshof (1944)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What ongoing discussion has been present among medieval historians regarding feudalism?

    <p>Whether feudalism is a useful construct for understanding medieval society</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What were the key concepts that feudalism revolved around?

    <p>Lords, vassals, and fiefs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What were the three estates of the realm mentioned in relation to feudalism?

    <p>Nobility, clergy, and peasantry</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did feudalism involve in exchange for land ownership?

    <p>Service or labour</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the term derived from that was used during the Medieval period?

    <p>Feodum or feudum (fief)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Elizabeth A. R. Brown's 'The Tyranny of a Construct' (1974), what has been an ongoing discussion among medieval historians regarding feudalism?

    <p>Whether feudalism is a useful construct for understanding medieval society</p> Signup and view all the answers

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