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Feudalism

Feudalism was a set of legal and military customs in medieval Europe that flourished between the 9th and 15th centuries, which, broadly defined, was a system for ordering society around relationships derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labour.Although derived from the Latin word feodum , then in use, the term feudalism and the system it describes...

Timeline of Events

1789

8.4.1789

In France members of the National Constituent Assembly take an oath to end feudalism and abandon their privileges.

10.5.1789

French Revolution: Women of Paris march to Versailles in the March on Versailles to confront Louis XVI about his refusal to promulgate the decrees on the abolition of feudalism, demand bread, and have the King and his court moved to Paris.

1825

6.22.1825

The British Parliament abolishes feudalism and the seigneurial system in British North America.

1955

2.8.1955

The Government of Sindh abolished Jagirdari system in the province. One million acres (4000 km²) of land thus acquired is to be distributed among the landless peasants.