Feudalism was a system of government found in Europe. It started after Western Rome fell and there was a lot of chaos. It was invented by Charlemagne, and the dictionary definition of feudalism is "the dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants (villeins or serfs) were obliged to live on their lord's land and give him homage, labor, and a share of the produce, notionally in exchange for military protection." This system was NOT fair because the peasants did all the work but made the least money.
The knights had to follow the Code of Chivalry because they had both the access to the weapons and the power to overthrow the system if they wanted to.
Fast rode the knight
"With spurs, hot and reeking,
Ever waving an eager sword,
"To save my lady!"
Fast rode the knight,
And leaped from saddle to war.
Men of steel flickered and gleamed
Like riot of silver lights,
And the gold of the knight's good banner
Still waved on a castle wall.
A horse,
Blowing, staggering, bloody thing,
Forgotten at foot of castle wall.
A horse
Dead at foot of castle wall."
-Stephen Crane
The knights' code was called the Code of Chivalry.
"With spurs, hot and reeking,
Ever waving an eager sword,
"To save my lady!"
Fast rode the knight,
And leaped from saddle to war.
Men of steel flickered and gleamed
Like riot of silver lights,
And the gold of the knight's good banner
Still waved on a castle wall.
A horse,
Blowing, staggering, bloody thing,
Forgotten at foot of castle wall.
A horse
Dead at foot of castle wall."
-Stephen Crane
The knights' code was called the Code of Chivalry.
I would rather be a European Knight because they were known as noble, rode on horseback, and were paid in currency.