******* feudelism

[Nannyjacks]

Hi I am trying to write an essay for my end of term course, and I am trying to find a site which will help me with the term '******* feudelism' I know it is to do with the 14th century,any bright people out there that can point me in the right direction

Cheers

[JackDanielsU]

Nannyjacks

Doubt you typed in a rude word but AB robots can recognise naughty words even if they are part of another word. If you can see what may be offending the bits, try typing it but use a numeral instead of the letter.

[burnhal]

take it you mean b@st@rd feudalism? Do a google search- loads of it there - for instance http://www.le.ac.uk/hi/jsb16/patronage.htm

[jno]

feudal system - or feudalism - came to England with William the Conqueror in 1066 (the 11th century), and involved the king owning all the land but in effect subletting it to lords who sublet it to others... down to the peasants; payment might be chickens or military service or whatever. The British class system still has echoes of it. Useful explanation here

[roomby]

nannyjacks - note that you are spelling it incorrectly in your post - could be giving you problems finding resources. It is spelt feudalism.

[Octavius]

(Lets just say) BF is a term that has been used to describe feudalism in the Late Middle Ages, primarily in England. Its main characteristic is military service in return for money.

The term was coined by the historian Charles Plummer in 1885, but it is primarily associated with his contemporary William Stubbs. According to Stubbs, a shift in English history took place under Edward I, when the feudal levy was replaced with royal payment in return for military service by the great magnates. The system was duplicated on a lower level, between the magnates and their vassals. This led to ever increasing greed and ambition among the nobility, a tendency only exasperated by the many sons of Edward III. The inevitable outcome was the disastrous civil strife of the late 15th century, known to posterity as the Wars of the Roses.

A strong challenge to the ideas of Stubbs was presented by K. B. McFarlane in the mid-20th century. McFarlane stripped the term of any negative connotation. To him, what was central to b-feudalism was not the financial aspect (the sums involved were mostly negligible) but the concept of service in exchange for good favour. In a society governed on a personal basis, service to a lord was the best way to obtain favour in the form of offices, grants etc. Furthermore, since the crown and the nobility essentially had the same interests at heart, military commissioning of great magnates was not in itself disruptive to society. The civil wars of the 15th century were caused by personal factors (particularly the failings of Henry VI), not by institutional ones. Recent historical research has shown that payment for military service goes back much further than the reign of Edward I, further discrediting the ideas of Stubbs.

Among today's historians, the concept of feudalism is considered problematic, b-feudalism no less so, and the term is used only with caution.

[pmccorrie]

Found this on : www.thefreedictionary.com/feudalism

feu�dal�ism (fydl-zm)
n.
1. A political and economic system of Europe from the 9th to about the 15th century, based on the holding of all land in fief or fee and the resulting relation of lord to vassal and characterized by homage, legal and military

service of tenants, and forfeiture.
2. A political, economic, or social order resembling this medieval system.

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feudal�ist n.
feudal�istic adj.