Why did feudalism work?

It...just did. Feudalism is a very simple, very easy to understand system. You divide all the land up into sections, and put a guy in charge of each parcel of land and all the people living on it. read more

Feudalism is a very simple, very easy to understand system. You divide all the land up into sections, and put a guy in charge of each parcel of land and all the people living on it. The guy in charge of that land parcel, and all the other guys in charge of the other land parcels, report directly to another guy who is higher up the chain. read more

Feudalism did work in the economic, social, and political condition it had emerged in Europe after the collapse of the Roman Empire. It was an economic system that with some modifications lasted in most of Europe till the 18th century when it ended during the French Revolution of 1789 or European Revolution of 1848 (Germany, Austria, Italy). read more