Political Characteristics of Feudal Society in Western Europe

1, tight system: in early Western Europe, the main wealth was land. The king divided a portion of the land to the big feudal lords - to become vassals. The vassals in turn divided a portion of the land to the small feudal lords, and the small feudal lords were then divided downwards. The feudal lords were divided into different levels of feudal lords from big to small. Each of them had different sizes of fiefs, different numbers of estates, serfs and arms. They had obligations to each other

2, the conflict between church and state: the church was in power; the power of the church was above the power of the king; when the power of the church reached its peak. The pope had the power to abolish the monarch.

3, the rise of cities: the general re-emergence of cities throughout Europe, the rapid development of industry and commerce, and the formation of a civic class. The cities of Western Europe fought for the right of self-government and challenged the feudal kings and feudal lords, and later became a powerful revolutionary force against the feudal kings in Europe.

4, Feudal Hierarchical Representation: 1 The parliamentary system began in England, where the king had to prescribe taxes and make laws through parliament. The feudal monarchy of hierarchical representation had some about of passing power. Hierarchical representation, represented by the three tiers of parliament, also emerged in France. Britain's hierarchical representation system on the development of the Western political system is huge, in the appointment of feudal kingship, the establishment of the capitalist political system of the struggle to look forward to an important role, become the origin of the modern parliamentary system in the West.