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 Moreover, in its beginnings the feudal period is differentiated by its cultural and artistic impoverishment… 3 Meanwhile, the peasants sought the protection… 4 Feudalism was the political, economic and social system which characterised Western Europe… 5 The most prominent features were the loss of political power of the kings, a primarily agrarian economy... 6 Faced with this situation, the kings, unable to protect their entire territory, sought protection from powerful local nobles… 7 The origin of feudalism dates back to the 9th century, as a consequence of the instability and the moments of… 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. ...especially in Italy and Sicily, and a second wave of the Vikings and Normans in the Atlantic and the Bulgarians, Magyars and Slavs. ... crisis and poverty that followed the death of Emperor Charlemagne in 814. …between the 9th and 15th centuries. ....of the nobles, in exchange for surrendering their land or their work. ...who swore their loyalty and military allegiance in exchange for concessions