Early World History by David Toye

Feudal England Class Systems

stansberrychay — 2025-11-12 14:21:18 UTC

In England, the top of the hierarchy is the King, then the nobles, the knights, and then the peasants. In England, land was also the main source of wealth and power.

Court

2025-11-12 14:23:10 UTC

Feudal england started to develop the royal courts such as the court of common pleas.

Feudal England

2025-11-12 14:23:13 UTC

there system lasted from the Norman conquest till the late middle ages.

jakegalvin24 — 2025-11-12 14:25:17 UTC

when Henry II tried to place the clergy under the jurisdiction of these royal courts, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket refused to allow it since such a move would have infringed on the independence of the Church.

Feudal England

2025-11-12 14:25:41 UTC

Feudalism created a hierarchical system of land ownership. The king owned all the land, lent it to the nobles and bishops, who lent it to vassals in exchange for military service.

Feudal England

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The Norman Conquest

jakegalvin24 — 2025-11-12 14:27:34 UTC

When Henry 1st hoped to be succeeded by his daughter Matilda, but upon his death, the Barons rejected Matilda as their Queen, and elected her cousin, Stephan of Blois as king

Feudal England

2025-11-12 14:28:06 UTC

It was a system of power and economic organization based on land tenure

Feudal England

sogbazgh — 2025-11-12 14:35:42 UTC

A system based on land tenure. The king would let nobles hold land, and land was held in return for services. Peasants would also work on the land.

jakegalvin24 — 2025-11-12 14:40:46 UTC

In this document, the Barons asserted that no new taxes or dues could be imposed by the king without their consent. The Barons also claimed to represent all the king's subjects. In this document, the king also promised that no one would be imprisoned or fined without first being tried by a jury of his peers in a court of law. The Magna Carta therefore established that under English law, free men had the right to own property, which could not be taken from them unless they were found guilty of a crime by a jury, which was the due process of law.

Feudal France

2025-11-12 14:57:45 UTC

In Feudal France, the Feudal chain would go Louis VI, followed by his son Louis VII, then to Phillip II. John England would forfeit his land because he refused to show up to feudal court.

Louis IX

2025-11-12 14:59:03 UTC

Louis IX expanded the bureaucracy by appointing enqueteurs who were often educated middleclass men and had the first summoning of the estates general to get support for the raising of taxes to fund wars against the english

Feudal France

2025-11-12 14:59:12 UTC

Their society was characterized by land ownership in exchange for military service and loyalty and they emerged after the fall of the Carolingian Empire around the 9th century.

Feudal Germany

2025-11-12 15:00:46 UTC

it was a system of relations and landholding that devolved into the holy Roman empire

Feudal France

2025-11-12 15:03:00 UTC

Hugh Capet centralized the French monarchy by making royal laws and used the French Parliament to enforce and make royal laws stronger. Additionally, the French kings expanded their power through marriages and alliances to expand the territory.