Feudalism in Western Europe

Feudalism in Western Europe
There have been many interpretations of Feudalism over the years. One interpretation incorporates a whole system of life, as Marc Bloch states. The other system explained Feudalism in more legal and political terms. This is the interpretation that is most commonly referred to. Feudalism was a system of political and military relationships existing among the members of the nobility in Western Europe during the seventeenth century. There are known to be two origins of Feudalism, an older explanation and a more recent one.
The older explanation of the origin…