Today's installment concludes Feudalism in France and England,our selection by William Stubbs.If you have journeyed through all of the

Two of these palatinates, the earldom of Chester and the bishopric of Durham, retained much of their character to our own days.Continuing Feudalism

The introduction of such a system would necessarily have effects far wider than the mere modification of the law of tenure.Continuing Feudalism in

It is most probable that no regular account of the knights' fees was ever taken until they became liable to taxation.Continuing Feudalism in France

The actual amount of dispossession was no doubt greatest in the higher ranks; the smaller owners may to a large extent have remained in a mediatized

This was the social system which William the Conqueror and his barons had been accustomed to see at work in France.Continuing Feudalism in France