The feudal system that dominated medieval
Position 1: This interlocking chain of duties and privileges shaped nearly every aspect of political and economic life from the ninth to the fifteenth century.
Position 2: Those nobles, in turn, subdivided their lands among lesser knights who swore similar oaths of loyalty.
Position 3: The feudal system that dominated medieval Europe was fundamentally a hierarchy of land-based obligations.
Position 4: At the base of the pyramid, serfs worked the land and owed labour and produce to the lord who held authority over them.
Position 5: At its apex, the king granted large estates, known as fiefs, to powerful nobles in exchange for military service.
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