This Topic about Feudalism in Europe.įeudalism, also called feudal system or feudality, French féodalité, historiographic construct designating the social, economic, and political conditions in western Europe during the early Middle Ages, the long stretch of time between the 5th and 12th centuries. It can be broadly defined as a system for structuring society around relationships derived from the holding of land, known as a fiefdom or fief, in exchange for service or labour. Feudalism was a set of legal and military customs in medieval Europe that flourished between the 9th and 15th centuries.
