'feudalism' is a correct and commonly used word in written English.
It refers to a social and political system that was prevalent in medieval Europe, characterized by a hierarchy of lords and vassals who exchanged land and protection for service and loyalty. Here is an example of its usage: "The feudalism system was the dominant political structure during the Middle Ages, with powerful lords controlling vast amounts of land and peasants working as serfs under their control."
Marx contrasted the warmth and security of feudalism with the inhumanity of capitalism, but rejected "feudal idyllics", dismissing Disraeli and "feudal socialists" for failing to comprehend "the march of modern history" (Duncan 1973 19 222).
"In 1848 we said that we should tear down the walls of feudalism and we were proven right.
The arrival of that technology in Western Europe in the eighth century soon led to the seizure of church lands and the establishment of feudalism among the Franks.
With her was her son, who was immediately sent away to a Korean military academy, her daughter, who was to be young Kim's only playmate, and her mother, who was prepared to give up a journalistic career to care for her family in an atmosphere of tyranny and feudalism.
The revolution not only got rid of feudalism.
Tens of millions of people remain stuck in a sink of feudalism, repression and hunger.She can point to some gains, nonetheless.
The stuffy feudalism that made the kingdom a museum piece is lifting.
Ethiopia abandoned feudalism in the 1970s, when the emperor, Haile Selassie, was murdered, but the old feudal habit of taxing peasants persists.
As many pundits have pointed out, the "Arab Awakening" is a more fitting term, and after the long sleep of colonialism, feudalism and dictatorship, it will surely take a generation before the Arab world is properly awake.
At the end of the year, the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) closed its mission to Chechnya after the government refused to let it carry on monitoring human rights.In this section Dreaming of an economic revival Democratic feudalism A rainbow could still shine Can the new man finish the job?
He said such people were patriots "whether they believe in capitalism or feudalism or even slavery".But China is now digging in its heels, despite the risk that this could further alienate voters in Taiwan, which will hold presidential elections on March 20th.
