Feudalism
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...nobility, clergy, peasantry, and, in the...as well as land, could be granted...the vassal. History of Feudalism...the Frankish lands in the 9th and...Feudalism spread from France to Spain, Italy...the elements of feudalism were already...important features of feudalism were similar...differences. Feudalism continued in...powerful monarchs in France, Spain, and...until the French Revolution (1789), and it persisted...