feudal period
Serfs and manors
The feudal period refers to the era when feudalism dominated social and political organization, roughly the 9th through 15th centuries in Europe.
Land was held in exchange for military service and loyalty, with power flowing from kings through lords to peasants bound to the soil.
The castle dates from the feudal period.
The phrase sometimes describes any system marked by rigid hierarchy and local strongmen.
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