Feudalism, also known as the feudal system, was a combination of the legal, economic, military, and cultural customs that flourished in Medieval Europe between the 9th and 15th centuries.

This feudal system (from the medieval Latin feodum or feudum, fee or fief) enabled a cash-poor but land-rich lord to support a military force. is it me or in some of official Screen Shots in the game the Dismounted Feudal Knights in the screen shot wears like 2 belts on their chest, and the England Feudal Knight looks like those in the official screen shot, anyone know what's the meaning of those belts? While modern historians generally agree the feudal system never really existed in the strictest sense of the word, it does act as a useful umbrella term to provide an insight into the structure of medieval … I was fighting in a battle against Portugal a few hours ago, and I ordered a unit of Feudal Knights to attack some Jinetes that were harrasing my troops with javelins. Knights were professional armored cavalry warriors, some of whom were vassals occupying land form the lords whose armies they served. The strength of the Hungarians is in the cavalry.

The Knights Templar earned support from Christian authorities, including Pope Innocent II, who in 1139 granted them exemption from taxes and from any authority except his own.