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The Three Orders

Question
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What is meant by 'feudalism'?

Solution
The Term 'feudalism' has been used by historians to describe the economic, legal, political and social relationships that existed in Europe in the medieval era.

Derived from the German word 'feud', which means 'a piece of land', it refers to the kind of society that developed in medieval’ France, and later in England and in southern Italy.