feudalized
Given to lords
Feudalized describes something that has been organized according to feudal principles—the medieval system where land was held in exchange for service and loyalty, with power distributed through a hierarchy of lords and vassals.
The term applies to societies that adopted this structure historically, or metaphorically to any system with similar rigid hierarchies and obligations: The company had become feudalized, with regional managers acting as petty lords over their territories.
Control without full annexation
- overlordSupreme feudal superior
- fealtyPledged devotion to authority
- homageExpression of deep respect
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
oath of fealty · commendation · bannerman · seigniory · primogeniture · allegiance · tributary
Medieval estate labor system
- demesneLord's private estate
- tenantryRenters as a group
- glebeClergyman's endowed land
- freeholdPermanent property title
estate · domain · landed estates · manor house · proprietary · territorial
Feudal bound labor
- villeinageFeudal tenant bondage
- bondageInvoluntary subjugation to another
- peasantryRural working class
- thrallOne held captive
subjugation · servitude · obligation · yeomanry · indentured · bound labor · tithe · tribute
suzerainty
Control without full annexation
investiture · oath of fealty · commendation · bannerman · seigniory · primogeniture · allegiance · tributary
manorialism
Medieval estate labor system
freehold · estate · domain · landed estates · manor house · proprietary · territorial
serfdom
Feudal bound labor
- villeinageFeudal tenant bondage
- bondageInvoluntary subjugation to another
- peasantryRural working class
thrall · subjugation · servitude · obligation · yeomanry · indentured · bound labor · tithe · tribute
aristocracy
Rule by hereditary elite
duke · earl · baron · marquess · viscount · count · landed · heraldry · chivalry · seigneurial
feudalizedcentralized
Concentrated in one location
unified · consolidated · nationalized · statist · absolutist
feudalizeddemocratized
Made widely accessible
democratic · egalitarian · modernized · republican · liberalized
feudalizedindustrialized
Having established manufacturing economies
capitalist · commercialized · collectivized · socialized · privatized