27-30). This tradition of pledging loyalty originated in Germany where the comitatus, or.
war companions, had a similar relationship with their war leaders (Harpur 36-37). .
There are also roots of feudalism as far back as the fifth century during the collapse of.
the roman empire when waves of Germanic tribes battered the empire and citizens.
sought for protection. The first traces of actual feudalism first began to appear in the.
eighth through tenth centuries. During this time Carolinian rulers" power was in decline.
as savage raids by Scandinavian Vikings spurred nobles into seeking greater physical.
security by making grants of land to individuals in return for military service. In time the.
nobles and their vassals formed a military cadre of mounted, armored knights (Harpur.
36-37). These knights would offer the needed protection which feudalism formed in.
order to provide. .
Feudalism took the shape of a pyramid with the people of highest social and.
political status on top and the people of the lowest status on the bottom. The king, in.
theory, owned all of the land and kept one-fourth of it for himself. What remained of the.
land was granted to nobles also know as barons, dukes, counts, lords, overlords,.
seigniors, and earls in England (Harpur 36-37). The nobles owe loyalty, money, and.
military service to the King. Once granted land, the nobles have more land than they.
know what to do with and make grants, like the king did for them, to lesser people.
known as vassals. The land which is granted to a vassal is known as a fief. The.
vassals then have more land than they know what to do with and must grant it in order.
to provide what they must to their lord. The vassals grant land known as manors to.
people aptly known as manor lords. Manor lords owe mostly the same services to their.
vassals as the vassals owe to their lords. Manor lords are of a lower status than the.
vassals, making them lower on the pyramid (Harpur 36-37).
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