![]() ![]() and food grain grinding mills were owned by lords, and fees were charged for using them. ![]() All the infrastructure like road, bridge, etc. Economic activities were limited to agriculture. Economic development: There was no industry, trade, or economic development. Basis of structure: Feudalism was based on ownership of land and other assets. On the other hand, individual freedom is the hallmark of democracy.Ĥ. Only the lords with huge land properties enjoyed freedom. Individual freedom: There was no individual freedom in feudalist societies. In democracy every member of the society is considered as citizen of the state.ģ. Citizenship: The concept of citizenship did not exist in feudal societies as concept of state was absent. However the first blueprint of representative democracy is the US constitution adopted in 1788.Ģ. The concept of representative democracy was first used by French nobleman (1694 –1757). Transition from feudalism and monarchies to representative democracy happened in Canada, US, England, and in most of the Europe during 18th to 20th century. According to historian Jacobsen primitive democracy existed in Mesopotamia, where as Greek historian Diodorus opines that independent democratic states existed in India in the 4th century B.C. ![]() ![]() Historians differ as to the origin of democracy. In representative democracy this equality of power is reflected in the voting right of members of the society. However democracy may be defined as a political system where every member of the society has equal right to share political power. The root of democracy could be found in the 6th century Athens, although it was very naive. The agreement between the lord and the vassals would terminate with the demise of the concerned lord, but rights and duties of vassals would bestow upon their successors. In the later part of the medieval history the vassals were allowed to pay cash in lieu of military service. Various factors like financial worth of the lord, quality of land, ability of the vassals influenced the terms of agreement between the lord and the vassals. A feudal society was a military hierarchy where lords, who owned huge tracts of land offered fiefs or units of land to the mounted fighters, who were termed as vassals, in exchange of military service. Feudalism is also considered as the first step towards establishment of monarchies. As such feudalism is synonymous with the social structure that existed in medieval Europe. Conception: Feudalism is an economic, social, legal, and political relationship that prevailed in medieval Europe. Feudalism and representative democracy are different political orders in the history of world political system.ĭifferences between Feudalism & Democracyġ. In between different loosely held political orders defining the relationship between members of the society existed. The process of build-up of modern world political order began around 15th century. Catholic churches and the Pope enjoyed tremendous power to influence political relationship between the rulers and those ruled in the Christianity dominated regions. Prior to the emergence of state based political system, there existed Greek styled city states and big geographical areas dominated by culturally integrated communities like Persian, Roman, Mayan, Mongolian, etc. ![]()
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