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Feudalism, also known as the feudal system, was a combination of the legal, economic, military, and cultural customs that flourished in Medieval Europe between the 9th and 15th centuries Broadly defined, it was a way of structuring society around relationships that were derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or laborManors Support Feudalism • The heart of the feudal economy was the manor, or lord's estate • Most manors included one or more villages and the surrounding lands • Peasants, who made up the majority of the population in medieval society, lived and worked on the manorThis system of protection for provision was called the manorial system The manor was the lowest building block in the pyramid of the feudal system At the very top was the king The local manors were at the very bottom The local lord or noble was pledged to protect his village The Manor System Life In The Middle Ages The manor system in feudal society map