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Feudalism and how it worked Adam Moss I have just read an article on Feudalism in a Britannia magazine. Feudalism began between the 8th and 9th centuries. It was first recognised in France, and later spread to most countries of Western Europe. When Charlemagne died there was no strong ruler to take his place. That was when feudalism was established as the main system of government and way of life in Medieval Europe. Europe was …

…vassal's claim to the fief. If at any time an outsider tried to steal the vassal's fief, the lord would join in with his other knights to help him. Ahh I hope that is not to confusing, but I found this article interesting. I guess it was the picture with the article that caught my eye. All in all not all history is boring, it's just hard to find something interesting. The End ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**