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What was the broad definition of feudalism according to Marc Bloch (1939)?
A system of manorialism binding the nobility, clergy, and peasantry
According to François Louis Ganshof (1944), what were the key concepts that feudalism revolved around?
Lords, vassals, and fiefs
What ongoing discussion has been present among medieval historians regarding feudalism?
Whether feudalism is a useful construct for understanding medieval society
What did feudalism involve in exchange for land ownership?
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What are the three estates of the realm mentioned in relation to feudalism?
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Feudalism was a combination of which of the following?
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What was the term derived from that was used during the Medieval period?
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Who were bound by a system of manorialism in the broader definition of feudalism?
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Who described a classic definition of feudalism that revolved around lords, vassals, and fiefs?
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What ongoing discussion has been present among medieval historians regarding feudalism?
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What were the key concepts that feudalism revolved around?
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What were the three estates of the realm mentioned in relation to feudalism?
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What did feudalism involve in exchange for land ownership?
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What was the term derived from that was used during the Medieval period?
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According to Elizabeth A. R. Brown's 'The Tyranny of a Construct' (1974), what has been an ongoing discussion among medieval historians regarding feudalism?
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