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Post all of your sources/books on feudalism.
I'm interested in this subject because i want to know what exactly does a "feudalist" society mean, and how far can we stretch this definition all across Europe at the time. What counts as a fully developed feudalist society, and a less developed feudalist society.
For example, did 14th century Russia have feudalism? If yes then what did it look like, since it probably didn't resemble that of western feudalism.
Why and how did feudalism decline in western Europe? And also if the same process followed other medieval european countries with a less developed feudal system.
Discuss.
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>Why and how did feudalism decline in western Europe?
Urbanization and trade. In the HRE (particularly) many cities recieved the title of Imperial Free Cities, granting them special rights and having them answer directly to the Emperor. This of course meant, that they weren't really part of the feudal system, since they were largely selfgoverned (with lots of power being held by the guilds) and little influence by nobles. The increase in trade meant, that the currency was now increasingly based on gold/silver and not on the typical fief resources, like grain, wood, wool etc. With this came a shift of power away from the landed nobitlity, towards merchants and bankers (i.e. Borgias or Fuggers). The increase in gold as a universal currency (as well as changes in warfare) led to the warfare system being based on mercanaries instead of knights, further eroding the feudal society.
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