| thralldom servitude | thrall slavery | yoke subjugation | captivity vassalage | subjection serfdom |
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What is another word for feudal?
| outdated mediaeval UK | obsolete prehistoric | obsolescent antediluvian | old anachronistic | mossy clunky |
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What is the other term of feudalism?
Feudalism synonyms
Find another word for feudalism. In this page you can discover 8 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for feudalism, like: colonialism, feudal-system, absolutism,
mercantilism
, feudal, autocracy, state socialism and null.
What is a simple definition of feudalism?
English Language Learners Definition of feudalism
:
a social system that existed in Europe during the Middle Ages in which people worked and fought for nobles who gave them protection and the use of land in return
.
What are antonyms for feudalism?
Noun. Opposite of
a state of bondage
, slavery, or subjugation to another person. freedom. liberty.
Why is it called feudalism?
The word ‘feudalism’ derives from
the medieval Latin terms feudalis, meaning fee, and feodum, meaning fief
. The fee signified the land given (the fief) as a payment for regular military service.
What is the part of speech of monarchy?
MONARCHY (
noun
) definition and synonyms | Macmillan Dictionary.
Is feudalistic a word?
feu·dal·ism. 1. A
political and economic system of Europe
from the 9th to about the 15th century, based on the holding of all land in fief or fee and the resulting relation of lord to vassal and characterized by homage, legal and military service of tenants, and forfeiture.
What is a feudal tenant called?
In medieval and early modern Europe, the term
tenant-in-chief (or vassal-in-chief)
denoted a person who held his lands under various forms of feudal land tenure directly from the king or territorial prince to whom he did homage, as opposed to holding them from another nobleman or senior member of the clergy.
What is another word for fief?
| area arena | demesne department | discipline domain | element fiefdom | field firmament |
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Where is feudalism used today?
Unique in England, the
village of Laxton in Nottinghamshire
continues to retain some vestiges of the feudal system in which the land is still farmed using the open field system. The feudal court now meets only annually, with its authority now restricted to management of the farmland.
Is feudalism good or bad?
Feudalism helped
protect communities from the violence and warfare
that broke out after the fall of Rome and the collapse of strong central government in Western Europe. Feudalism secured Western Europe’s society and kept out powerful invaders. Feudalism helped restore trade. Lords repaired bridges and roads.
What best defines feudalism?
Feudalism is defined as a
Medieval European political, economic and social system from the 9th to 15th century
. An example of feudalism is someone farming a piece of land for a lord and agreeing to serve under the lord in war in exchange for getting to live on the land and receiving protection.
What is a synonym for serfdom?
In this page you can discover 17 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for serfdom, like:
slavery
, yoke, bondage, enslavement, helotry, servileness, servility, servitude, thrall, thralldom and villeinage.
What is another word for daimyo?
| 23 »nobleman n.nobility | 7 »daimio n.nobility | 5 »feudal lord exp. & idi. | 3 »grandee n.nobility | 3 »peer nobility |
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When did Manorialism begin?
Manorialism had its origins in
the late Roman Empire
, when large landowners had to consolidate their hold over both their lands and the labourers who worked them. This was a necessity in the midst of the civil disorders, enfeebled governments, and barbarian invasions that wracked Europe in the 5th and 6th centuries.
