What lead the decline in feudalism in Europe?

Answer 1

AnswerThere were three very major reasons, firstly the magna carta that was signed by King John in 1215. This document stated the rights of the nobles as well as the townspeple, making a middle class in the society. Also this made it so that nobody was greater than the law, not even the King himself. This lowered the power of the king and boosted the power of the peasents in the society. Next the crusades occured. Barons sold their rights to become crusades and they did not mantain their manors. Knights vanished from the social class pyramid and the peasents gained even more power. Next, people began to trade once again. There were new farming tools and growth of military stregnth. The middle ages were almost over at this point of time, for trade was rising again, rome was becoming powerful, and everybody was traveling and voyaging outside their manor. :) Answer1. Increased agricultural yields made it possible to feed higher proportions of towns folk. Agriculture was improved in a number of ways very soon after the Middle Ages started. The horse collar made it possible for horses to do much more work without fatigue, and the invention of the heavy plow and introduction of three year crop rotations increased yields. These and other developments increased the food supply, and this made town and city life possible as it had not been before. With increased food supply, a number of serfs could move off the land to work in production of goods. This gave rise to guilds, starting as early as the sixth century. This in turn was an impetus toward mercantilism. This increased the money supply and unified coinage to some extent, making mercantilism easier.

2. Increasingly important trades and crafts produced jobs in towns and cities. Technologies were being introduced from the East by Arab speaking peoples who invaded Spain and other places around the Mediterranean. Local inventions were also being produced. Where craftsmen had once been masons and carpenters, the needs for skilled workers multiplied. For example, engineers were needed for construction of water wheels, wind mills, pumps, trip hammers, grinding wheels, and a host of other new kinds of machinery.

3. Better communications increased trade. The increasing number of pilgrimages, which were followed by the crusades, produced constant pressure from the Church to improve roads and bridges. Religious orders of Knights guarded major roads and operated large hostels for travellers. Merchants could move about to buy and sell wares. In some cases, the merchants were protected by the same Vikings who raided along the coasts and rivers.

4. Serfs became more independent. The famines and the Black Death of the 14th century put a premium on agricultural workers as the food supply was threatened. This led local lords to tempt serfs off the manors of other lords by offering higher pay. This freed the serfs of many areas from legal obligations that kept them on the land, making the choice of farming or trade easier.

5. Political power began to shift to the middle class. Before the end of the Middle Ages, republican communes in Italy and free cities of the Holy Roman Empire had achieved enough power to rival kingdoms. One of the important and powerful nations of the Mediterranean Area was the Republic of Venice, and the Hanseatic League had its own navy, which was run by groups of merchants rather than traditional nobility.

The rise of the towns and cities was only one contributor to the end of the Middle Ages, but it was very important in this regard.

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Answer 2

The black death. Lots of people died, including peasants which meant that the surviving ones were more important than ever so they could get hgher wages which lead to the middle classand the end of feudalism which just had the extremes, rich and poor.

Answer 3

there are 3 factors and they are

• roman catholic church
• trade routes
• towns and cities

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