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Feudal System

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Feudal System Once William had become the king of England he had to decide on an effective way of governing over his newly conquered nation. He was quite sure that he did not want the English noble to keep there land as he knew that if they had there land they would be powerful and they would attempt to overthrow him. Anyway William had to free up the land to free room to give to his supporters in return for helping him during the conquest of England. William was very careful not just to hand land away for free even if he gave land to his supporters they had to perform duties. William kept the promises he had made to the barons who fought with him to give them English land. He gave them lands taken from the Saxons. In exchange, the barons had to be loyal to William and...

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