Feudalism. Feudalism was the medieval model of government predating the birth of the modern nation-state. Feudal society is a military hierarchy in which a ruler or lord offers mounted fighters a fief (medieval beneficium), a unit of land to control in exchange for a military service.
The Enlightenment was a European age of reason, where politics, philosophy, and science radically changed. During this period, Europe questioned authority and embraced individual thought and humanity. This period produced a plethora of books, essays, inventions, laws, scientific findings, and revolutions, such as the American and French Revolutions, which were influenced heavily by the Enlightenment period.
<span>in order to have many groups come together and work towards legislation and controlling government decision, a consensus must be formed
in consensus, the included groups should get together and find a way to work out a "middle ground" that will bring positive results for all the groups that were involved</span>
