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1. Medieval Period

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   Political organization during the Medieval Period evolved considerably from the centralized bureaucracies of the Roman Empire. In Western Europe, the dominant system became feudalism, a decentralized structure based on reciprocal obligations between lords (tenurial superiors) and vassals (tenurial inferiors), often mediated through the grant of land (fiefs).
   A critical, though often obscured, aspect of administration involved…