History GCSE
Adaptation of feudal service
What Adaptation of feudal service means in History GCSE, as defined for OCR.
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Feudal obligation was adapted rather than simply abolished, as armies relied less on the old feudal levy of knights serving for a set number of days and more on paid service and contracts.
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