All of the Following Are Correct Regarding the Development of Fief-Holding

question 17

Multiple Choice

All of the following are correct regarding the development of fief-holding except it

• A)was a response by local leaders who gathered military retainers to protect themselves, as the remnants of the imperial government could not adequately defend the state.
• B)led to the creation of a large number of knights who literally owed their livings to the lord who granted them a fief.
• C)led to a five-hundred-year period when warfare was dominated by heavily armed cavalry.
• D)reflected the high value of land during the centuries during which it was established.
• E)was a result of the Church's attempt to give serfs and peasants more social mobility.

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