Fuedalism

-Turned chaos into order


-In a tough time, fuedalism offered stability for a king and his subjects. Fuedalism worked as such: A vassal would provide land for his lord who in turn would offer safety inside his castle during an invasion.


-Fife=An offered amount of land mass


-This symbiotic act however came with 5 rules for the Lord. If he not abide by all 5, then the vassal would be allowed to leave.

• "If the lord has wished to reduce him (the vassal) unjustly into servitude:


• "If he (the lord) has taken counsel against his (the vassal) life"


• "If the lord has commited adultery against his vassal's wife"


• "If he (the lord) has willfully attacked him with a drawn sword"


• "If the lord has been able to bring defense to his vassal and he has not done so."

-The vassal also had rules; he must always keep 6 things in memory:

• Harmless


• Safe


• Honorable


• Useful


• Easy


• Practicable
  

-The lord must also treat his vassal with such things

-Detailes about the 6 things are listed in the 2nd paragraph of page 16

-Fuedalism also worked with knights, though instead of land the offered their servise.

-Knights would offer their protection and their servise for no more than 40 days and 40 nights

-In turn, the knights would be sheltered and fed

-If the king wish to keep them longer, the king must pay them ( if the knights want to stay )

-The fuedalism reading can be found in length on pages 15-20.