Matching Pairs Concepts of feudalismOnline version Principales ideas del feudalismo by Tomás Agustín Reina Narváez 1 The reasons for this instability were the struggles between the Emperor’s successors, the Muslim attacks on the Christian Mediterranean coasts, 2 Faced with this situation, the kings, unable to protect their entire territory, sought protection from powerful local nobles… 3 Moreover, in its beginnings the feudal period is differentiated by its cultural and artistic impoverishment… 4 Feudalism was the political, economic and social system which characterised Western Europe… 5 Meanwhile, the peasants sought the protection… 6 The origin of feudalism dates back to the 9th century, as a consequence of the instability and the moments of… 7 The most prominent features were the loss of political power of the kings, a primarily agrarian economy... ... crisis and poverty that followed the death of Emperor Charlemagne in 814. ....of the nobles, in exchange for surrendering their land or their work. a social organisation based on relationships of dependence between people and the enormous influence of the Christian religion. ...until a common artistic style eventuallyemerged throughout Europe: Romanesque. ...who swore their loyalty and military allegiance in exchange for concessions ...especially in Italy and Sicily, and a second wave of the Vikings and Normans in the Atlantic and the Bulgarians, Magyars and Slavs. …between the 9th and 15th centuries.