Although the Term Feudalism Has Been Defined in Many Ways

Although the term feudalism has been defined in many ways by historians,Chapter 8 defines it as:

A) a political system in which public powers are exercised by private lords.
B) a legal system of land tenure formalized by a contract.
C) an aristocratic social order bound together by mutual ties of land holding.
D) a mode of production (or economic system) in which wealth is overwhelmingly agricultural.
E) an economic system by which the peasantry is allowed to accumulate wealth other than agricultural products.