What year did feudalism start in Europe ?
The essence of feudalism has been a subject of shifting discussion for more than a century, at least since the British medieval historians J.H. Round and F.W. Maitland arrived at different conclusions as to the character of English society prior to the start of Norman rule in 1066, the former arguing for a Norman import of feudalism and the latter contending that the fundamentals were already in place – a debate which continues to this day.
