FEUDALISM
Feudalism is the second stage of
development of the human economic systems or mode of production. Feudalism
developed after communalism. Feudalism is a hierarchical order of land
ownership in which feudal lords granted lands to their subordinates who in turn
sub-divide their portions among those over whom the presided. In return, for
the use of the land the tenants paid tributes to their lord’s either in cash or
in kind.
Features / Characteristics of
Feudalism
(i) The society is hierarchically
structured
(ii) There is a class known as the class of
the Barons or the land owners
(iii) There is a class known as the class of
serfs or those who do not own any land but farm on the land owned by the
Barons. The serfs pay the Barons for using the land in cash or by giving them
at least one third of what is produced from the land.
(iv) There also a class of the slaves who help
the serfs to farm or cultivate the land
(v) The means of production and distribution
although privately or individually owned is at crude state of development.
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