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In this video we will study:-
1. Feudalism
2. The Church
Feudalism:-
- The new social and economic system of Europe in Medieval times.- The word feudal comes from ‘Feud’ which originally meant a ‘Fief’ or land held on condition or service.- Land was the source of power.
- It was essentially a rural system in which peasants had to give a part of their produce to the lords in the form of rent or taxes or had to labour for the lords without any payment.
FEUDAL CLASSES AND LOYALTIES
1. FEUDAL LORDS
2. PEASANTS - Freeholders, Villeins, Serfs
LIFE ON A FEUDAL MANOR
War & Chivalry
TRADE AND COMMERCE

The Church:-
- The Roman Catholic Church was as powerful as the institution of Feudalism. Once the rulers in Europe accepted Christianity, the Pope, who headed the Church, became the head of the Christian world in western Europe.
- By the 6th century, the Pope often wielded more power than the King and could make him follow his orders.