Feudalism: A New System Of Government During The Middle Ages

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During the Middle Ages a new system of government arose; this was called Feudalism. Feudalism came to be, many centuries after the fall of Western Rome in 476. With Western Rome destroyed the Western people couldn’t defend themselves without any form of government shielding them. So, they came up with a government which was Feudalism. The people who created Feudalism were Norman’s which were people from the French Territory, Normandy. Around the time when Normandy was first created Feudalism had been spread through Europe, China, and Japan. Feudalism was a form of government which used ranks to acert the position of everyone. The top of the ranks was the King who decided everything and controlled everything. The King was basically the owner