feudalism

combination of legal and military customs and form of government in medieval Europe
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feudalism

Summary

feudalism is a political system[1]. feudalism ranks in the top 0.8% of political_system entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,897 views/month, #2 of 249).[2]

Key Facts

  • feudalism's instance of is recorded as political system[3].
  • feudalism's instance of is recorded as economic system[4].
  • fiefdom is named after feudalism[5].
  • feudalism was followed by neo-feudalism[6].
  • feudalism is a type of landed property[7].
  • feudalism is a type of social order[8].
  • feudalism's Commons category is recorded as Feudalism[9].
  • feudalism comprises examples of feudalism[10].
  • feudalism comprises bastard feudalism[11].
  • feudalism comprises expansion of feudalism[12].
  • feudalism's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Feudalism[13].
  • feudalism's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Political Theory[14].
  • feudalism's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[15].
  • feudalism's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • feudalism's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • feudalism's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18].
  • feudalism's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
  • feudalism's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[20].
  • feudalism's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[21].
  • feudalism's different from is recorded as Fengjian[22].
  • feudalism dates from the Middle Ages[23].
  • feudalism's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include political system[3] and economic system[4]. Recorded subclass of include landed property[7] and social order[8].

Origins

fiefdom is named after feudalism[5].

Use and Application

Components include examples of feudalism[10]; bastard feudalism[11]; and expansion of feudalism[12], an increase[25].

Influence

Things named for feudalism include technofeudalism[26], a political theory[27].

Why It Matters

feudalism ranks in the top 0.8% of political_system entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,897 views/month, #2 of 249).[2] feudalism has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] feudalism is known by 141 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Entities named for feudalism include technofeudalism[26], a political theory[27].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [26] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from Fengjian
    Great aragonese encyclopedia id 5668
    Subclass of landed property, social order
    Aliases
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P2347]], mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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