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Maps of Anglo-Saxon Wessex/England show crown lands encompassing almost an entire territory of Wessex/England (unlike other countries in Europe), yet we know ealdormans controlled shires and greater territories. What was the feudal organization like, then?

by /u/VicomteChateaubriand in /r/AskHistorians

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