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The fall of the Roman Empire began the Medieval Age.

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The Medieval Age brought plagues, famines, disease, and in the middle of it all is feudalism.

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Feudalism, or the feudal system, was a dominant social system used in Western Medieval Europe, mainly from the 5th to 12th century.

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In the feudal system, land are rewarded to lower classes for services, military service, and loyalty.

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For example, a king would reward a noble for being loyal to him and in the same way a noble

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would reward a knight for his service.

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This created a social system where all social class are needed, which allows serfs and peasants

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who are at the bottom of the social system to still have a high morale as the whole social

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system depended on them.

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This is important as nearly 90% of the population during the 5th and 12th century are either

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serfs or peasants.

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However, feudalism gave kings almost unlimited power and gave women living in medieval Europe

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almost no rights.

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Women were forced into marriage by their families and not allowed to get a divorce no matter

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what.

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It was also very common for social status to be more valued than intelligence in feudalism.

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The decline of feudalism began with the Black Death.

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The Black Death eliminated the overpopulation issue in Europe, meaning there are significantly

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less people.

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The Black Death also caused a lot of destruction and damage, destroying food production leading

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to famines.

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Labor was now needed and more valued than ever before.

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Serfs and peasants are now valued as much as farmers, merchants, and craftsmen, destroying

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a layer in feudalism.

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Wealth were now being given to lower class, making the nobles, knights, and vassals poorer

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while the working class richer.

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The Black Death and a mixture of other reasons caused the decline of feudalism.

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show that a work for reward system can work extremely well. If you look at our modern

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social system, you'll see that work equals reward, in our case money. Feudalism also

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created a system where all social class can interact with each other. My question to you

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is what feudalism have worked if the black death didn't exist? As usual, goodbye and

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thank you for watching.