Institutionalized System During The Medieval Ages: The Feudal System

During the Medieval age, Western Europe started following a loosely organized system called the Feudal System. Feudalism was a system of politics in which powerful lords granted the use of land and promised protection to the people who lived on the land in exchange for the vassal's loyalty and military service. The lords and Vassals were tied with a pledge known as the feudal contract. Vassals made peasants or "serfs" work in the manor and pay a certain amount of payment in the exchange of the peasant receiving protection and parts of the farm. The central idea of feudalism was that everyone played a role in serving the king which created a structured hierarchy based on power. The church was also "part of this ruling class and shared its attributes"