How did feudalism start in Europe?

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Feudalism arose in Europe because of the need for a way to pull society back together after the Roman Empire collapsed in the West. Feudalism drew on older traditions of Germanic peoples to create order out of the chaos that followed the end of the Western Roman Empire. read more

The feudalism or middle ages began closed to the years 500s AD with the fall of Rome and its last emperors. It lasted until 1492 with European exploration expeditions and conquers. However, feudalism as an economic system has existed since antiquity. The Roman Empire used feudalism or client states or serfdoms as economic and political systems. read more