Practice question · True or false
Marc Bloch’s definition of feudal society is narrower than F. L. Ganshof’s, being restricted to the legal tie between lord and vassal.
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- One of the two writes about a whole society and the other about a legal relationship.
- Ganshof is the lawyer of the pair.
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False
Why
False: the definitions are the other way round. Ganshof restricts feudalism to lord–vassal law: homage, fealty, fief. Bloch describes a whole social type: dependent peasantry, service in place of wages, the specialised warrior, dispersed authority, and personal ties of obedience.
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