Feudalism, the political system that was to dominate Europe for centries. If it wasn’t for the Vikings and their attacks and raids in the battle of Hastings, English wouldn’t be the same as it is today and French culture wouldn't be blended the same way it is today. Vikings had the biggest influence on everything. Although the kings didn’t help during the time when the Vikings attacked, they are still at the top of the feudal society but powerful nobles became lords of the local land and were responsible for making the feudal system work. .
As the Vikings raided Medieval Europe they exposed many things all about the kings. They exposed the weaknesses of the kings who lived too far away from people in their kingdom, therefore