Meaning

  • combination of:
    • legal
    • economic
    • military
    • cultural customs
  • flourished in Medieval Europe
  • b/w 9th & 15th c.e.

Need

  • way of structuring the society around relationships
  • relations derived from holding land in exchange for labor

Economic Life under Feudalism

  • goods production for local use
  • not much profit making & investments
  • no incentive for producing more
  • no bigger markets
  • static economic life

Capitalism

  • free market economy
  • politico-economic system
  • means of production ➡️ privately owned
  • markets as driving force
  • Profit as the sole motive