<P> However , even when the original feudal relationships had disappeared , there were many institutional remnants of feudalism left in place . Historian Georges Lefebvre explains how at an early stage of the French Revolution , on just one night of August 4 , 1789 , France abolished the long - lasting remnants of the feudal order . It announced , `` The National Assembly abolishes the feudal system entirely . '' Lefebvre explains : </P>
<P> However , even when the original feudal relationships had disappeared , there were many institutional remnants of feudalism left in place . Historian Georges Lefebvre explains how at an early stage of the French Revolution , on just one night of August 4 , 1789 , France abolished the long - lasting remnants of the feudal order . It announced , `` The National Assembly abolishes the feudal system entirely . '' Lefebvre explains : </P>
mention the period indicating downfall of feudalism in europe
mention the period indicating downfall of feudalism in europe
French Revolution
French Revolution