development of feudalism in the middle ages

The foreign powers’ expansionist policy was broken down by this process, and became the reason for decrease of Arshakuni Dynasty in 428. In Armenia Feudalism derived from the nakharar system that had patriarchal roots and was a part of the royal power. The new peculiarities of social relationships in Armenia were mainly due to it. e the rural community, which was based on the national landowning system were both preserved in Armenia, the establishment of feudal relationships developed in normal way. Though the royal power and the main taxpayer to royal treasury, i.

In Hellenistic countries and regions of Ancient East (Egypt, Asoriq (Syria), Asia Minor), that had been transformed into Roman provinces, the transition to feudal relations was а slow process because of the slaveholding system crisis. On the one hand, the owners of farms enlarged the private landowning, on the other hand, the households of the rural communities gradually reduced. Thus, the feudal relations were established. But the expansion of nobility’s farms at the expense of rural communities greatly increased, leading to division of the national landowning into private estates, i.e.

Artaxias I intended to demarcate private community landowning by the land reform. The rural communities were the major producing households, which were the main taxpayers. “to serve faithfully”.įrom the ancient times the social relations in Armenia had been developing in the form of royal landowning.

In the transition period from Old Age to Middle Age the feudal (avatatirakan-ավատատիրական) relations began to develop in Armenia during the reign of Arsacid Dynasty (Arshakuni Dynasty).

Development of feudalism in the middle ages