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THE FEUDAL SYSTEM - Coggle Diagram
THE FEUDAL SYSTEM
STATES
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King
His power was limited to his own fiefs, known as the royal domain or lands of the crown. He could only administer justice and collect taxes on this land.
Noble
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Low and middle nobility. It was composed of knights and lords with fewer possessions, who served the high nobility.
Clergymen
Power
The higher clergy. Its members came from the nobility such as bishops and abbots in monasteries. They had their own lands and serfs.
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Way of live
regular clergy. The regular clergy lived in monasteries and followed a strict code of conduct. They were called monks
The secular clergy. This was the clergy who did not live in monasteries, for example, priests and bishops.
CHARACTERISTICS
Society was divided into closed groups. It included a minority formed of nobles and clergymen,
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The king lost power. Therefore, the king lost authority to the nobles
FEUDAL PACT
The king hands over a fief which the vassal lives on and is in charge of.The pact is sealed at the homage ceremony.Noble is obliged to assist the lord in war by providing armed men and giving advice.
A political, social and economic system called feudalism developed in Western Europe. This system survived until the Modern Age.