The origin of feudalism dates back to the 9th century, as a consequence of the instability and the moments of…
Feudalism was the political, economic and social system which characterised Western Europe…
The reasons for this instability were the struggles between the Emperor’s successors, the Muslim attacks on the Christian Mediterranean coasts,
Meanwhile, the peasants sought the protection…
The most prominent features were the loss of political power of the kings, a primarily agrarian economy...
Faced with this situation, the kings, unable to protect their entire territory, sought protection from powerful local nobles…
Moreover, in its beginnings the feudal period is differentiated by its cultural and artistic impoverishment…
...especially in Italy and Sicily, and a second wave of the Vikings and Normans in the Atlantic and the Bulgarians, Magyars and Slavs.
a social organisation based on relationships of dependence between people and the enormous influence of the Christian religion.
...who swore their loyalty and military allegiance in exchange for concessions
…between the 9th and 15th centuries.
....of the nobles, in exchange for surrendering their land or their work.
...until a common artistic style eventuallyemerged throughout Europe: Romanesque.
... crisis and poverty that followed the death of Emperor Charlemagne in 814.