Decline of Medieval Feudalism...?

Question: Decline of Medieval Feudalism!.!.!.!?

What were (at least) 4 main factors that conrtibuted to the decline of this economic system !?

What is perhaps the one that had the greatest impact!?

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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:

Invention of the gunpowder!.

Rise of the Central Government ruled Nation State
-which gunpowder did play a part in by raising the costs of both offense and defense!.

Rise of the Merchant Class

The Black Death & resultant shifts in the economic balance!.

Of the four, I'd tend to pick gunpowder, since the introduction of guns, gun powder, and cannon spelled the end of both the castle (well cheap ones) and the highly-trained warrior class which lay at the heart of the feudal system!. As evidence of this, I'd point to the second example of Japan for use of gunpowder ending a feudal system!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

This site should help - there are links to click on, too:

http://www!.middle-ages!.org!.uk/decline-of!.!.!.
http://www!.middle-ages!.org!.uk/feudalism!.!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

An important one was the Black Death!. There was no one to tend the crops!. Whole villages disappeared!.

Movement to the towns!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

well people moving moving away from manors to cities!.!.!.the Renaissance and!.!.!.i rly cant think of anything else off the top of my headWww@QuestionHome@Com