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All of the following are correct regarding the development of fief-holding except it
 
  a. was a response by local leaders who gathered military retainers to protect themselves, as the remnants of the imperial government could not adequately defend the state.
  b. led to the creation of a large number of knights who literally owed their livings to the lord who granted them a fief.
  c. led to a five-hundred-year period when warfare was dominated by heavily armed cavalry.
  d. reflected the high value of land during the centuries during which it was established.
  e. was a result of the Church's attempt to give serfs and peasants more social mobility.

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Aristocratic medieval women
 
  a. in unusual circumstances, could play a major role, as did Eleanor of Aquitaine.
  b. were totally independent of their men.
  c. never assumed managerial responsibilities in spite of their husband's frequent absences.
  d. were always dominant in their marriages.
  e. frequently led troops into battle in the absence of their husbands.



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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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