The+Feudal+and+Manorial+System


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 * 2) What impact did this event have on European history in the short run?
 * 3) What impact did this event have on European history in the long run? In other words, how did this event change European history?
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2. Many influences of the feudal and manorial systems still remain on the institutions of Western Europe. Family alliances of blood and marriage were used to strengthen feudal ties and to increase power bases in Europe. Feudalism allowed one family or bloodline to have extensive power. All feudal relationships were based on a perceived, if not an actual, imbalance of power and the mutual exchange of goods, lands or services. The political system changed in a big way in Europe after the crusades. Before the crusades, the political unit was the manor and was ruled by lords. You were loyal to the lord who owned your land. After the crusades, feudalism became weaker.

4. Feudalism: Political System where granting of land is given in return for loyalty, military assistance, and other services. -Powerful Noble to Lesser Noble -Exchange of Land-Not Ownership -Loyalty, Military Assistance, and Services -Benefits for Both -Th Manorial system was intimately related to feudalism but was not itself feudal, since it had no connection with the military and political concept of the fief. The fundamental characteristic of the manorial system was economic. The manorial system also prevailed in France, England, Germany, Spain, and Italy and far into Eastern Europe. A similar method of landholding by the peasants has existed in countries outside Europe, notably Japan and India.