Feudalism was not just a system that was practiced in Europe, but also in Japan and China while similar organization was followed in Africa and also with the Celts. The basic idea of this way of life is that leadership comes with political loyalties and alliances. "Feudalism was a medieval contractual relationship among the upper classes, by which a lord granted land to his men in return for military service."(Lopez 337) In laymen's terms, feudalism was a way for the people who were rich in the world to become all powerful and they could flex the "muscle" that they were given by their high rankings to oppress the lower classes or those who did not stay loyal politically or economically.

The way feudalistic life was a major bust because, even though this was thought of after the main feudal periods(when feudalism was the way that society ran), feudalism

how the upper class did not flex, but effectively distribute its power for the good of all in the society. An example of how upper class tried to be fair and just was when King John of England made speeches of promises, like "no freeman shall be arrested except by the law of the land."(Lopez 162)

in return for their loyalty to them, which in turn, the nobles give their loyalty to the king. As I touched on briefly when describing the way that the serfs stood on the feudal ladder,

the nobles are the middlemen. They carry the orders to the king, and relay to the serfs.

This is because in the beginning, the overview of feudalism showed me that the upper class people bullied lower class people. Another unique thing that stuck out in my mind was that the positions were usually not even a result of a person's intellect, or present position, or status in life, but that of an ancestor that could have made choices that could be beneficial or malevolent towards the lifestyle of their descendents.

This was the way that the people of those times found best to run things. They looked for a way to make their lives run well and when they found a form, feudalism, they did not see the downside of it because of the good effects that it had on some people. The key to that is that it was good for some people. The serfs had to risk their lives when fighting in battle, they had to work hard, rather than have a more relaxed lifestyle as the other levels in the feudal system enjoyed. The reason that the serfs were assigned to the working class wasn't even by their merit, it was d

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