Feudalism was not only a system of governing it was also a system of local justice. William the Conqueror used feudalism to pay back the vassals for helping him in the conquest of England. The land they conquered was given to the knights and to the nobles. The vassals would give a ceremony in thanks to the lords and to pay their homage.
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Feudal tenants are the folks who rent betterments from a feudal landlord.
a labourer who labours under a feudal system
the feudal system was sustained by the rights and privileges given to the upper classes and in most cases enacted by laws
There is one major error here: the Catholic Church, while structured as a hierarchy, is not an example of the feudal system.The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, and the formal leader of the Catholic Church.
The feudal ceremony in which a vassal received land from a lord was called an investiture. Chivalry was the code of conduct developed by the feudal nobles.