Chapter 2section 2The Decline of Feudalism.docVIP

The Decline of Feudalism Feudalism was based on the division of land by the king to nobles and vassals(诸侯) in return for their military service under the Feudal Levy (征收). Land was the main source of the economy and was dependent on the peasants who worked on the land. Reasons for the Decline of Feudalism: 1) The Crusades and travel during the Middle Ages opened new trade options to England (Crusades :十字军远征the military expeditions undertaken by European Christians in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries to recover the Holy Land from the Moslems. 2) England started to move from land-based econo