Centuries ago, feudalism flourished on different continents in different ways, but it usually involved a hierarchy of nobility granting land and favors to peasants who worked to serve their masters.

His division of land ownership, the feudal system, solved this. 3. Protecting his soldiers and supporters William needed to quickly find a way to protect his supporters and soldiers in England.

Vietnam’s 800-year-old Da Boi Wooden Tablet, recently recognized as a National Treasure, provides a rare look into the country’s feudal land ownership system. Historians have hailed the Da Boi Wooden ...