Feudalism started to decline because of many different things.The Normans slowly integrated into the English, but the English started to attack France. England moved away from an economy based on land and onto an economy based on money and trade. The Black Plague also took a toll on feudalism, reducing the population to a third of what it was, and increasing the value of labor. The peasants began to see the value of their labor, and wanted more benefits, but the nobles ignored them, which, along with the increase in trade, saw an increase in towns, which meant more people were moving away from the country and feudalism. The nobles became weaker, so the Kings started to take back the land, essentially destroying feudalism in England. The coup d'etat for feudalism in England though, was when King Henry VIII broke away from the Catholic Church after the Pope did not allow him to divorce his wife who did not give him a
Feudalism started to decline because of many different things.The Normans slowly integrated into the English, but the English started to attack France. England moved away from an economy based on land and onto an economy based on money and trade. The Black Plague also took a toll on feudalism, reducing the population to a third of what it was, and increasing the value of labor. The peasants began to see the value of their labor, and wanted more benefits, but the nobles ignored them, which, along with the increase in trade, saw an increase in towns, which meant more people were moving away from the country and feudalism. The nobles became weaker, so the Kings started to take back the land, essentially destroying feudalism in England. The coup d'etat for feudalism in England though, was when King Henry VIII broke away from the Catholic Church after the Pope did not allow him to divorce his wife who did not give him a