Feud example sentences

Through the eighteenth and the nineteenth centuries, series of political events reduced the power of monarchy and feudal lords.A modern army, an efficient bureaucracy, a dynamic economy, the abolition of feudalism and serfdom could strengthen the autocratic monarchies of Europe.In the Dutch Republic, in Switzerland, in Italy and Germany, Napoleon simplified administrative divisions, abolished the feudal system and freed peasants from serfdom and manorial dues.In those regions of Europe where the aristocracy still enjoyed power, peasants struggled under the burden of feudal dues and obligations.