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Definition of Feudal system
1. Noun. The social system that developed in Europe in the 8th century; vassals were protected by lords who they had to serve in war.
Generic synonyms: Social Organisation, Social Organization, Social Structure, Social System, Structure
Derivative terms: Feudal, Feudalistic, Feudalize
Definition of Feudal system
1. Noun. feudalism ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Feudal System
Literary usage of Feudal system
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"OF THE feudal system. § 62. History of the feudal system.—It is impossible to
understand, with any degree of accuracy, either the civil constitution of this ..."
2. General History of Civilization in Europe: From the Fall of the Roman Empire by Guizot (François), Caleb Sprague Henry (1882)
"It could not, in my opinion, have sprung more naturally from the principles of
Christian so ciety. It is to the feudal system that we aie indebted ..."
3. History of Civilization in England by Henry Thomas Buckle (1866)
"the feudal system ; a vast scheme of polity, which, clumsy and imperfect as ...
For, the feudal system was the first great secular plan that had been seen ..."
4. The Era of the Protestant Revolution by Frederic Seebohm (1901)
"(c) The feudal system, and (he force: which were breaking it up. ... The feudal
system hindered the growth of free nations, not by tending too much to keep ..."
5. View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1822)
"Analysis of the feudal system—Iti local extent—View of the different ... of the
Parliament—Registration of Edicts—Causes of the Decline of feudal system— ..."
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