thumb|Depiction of socage on the royal demesne in feudal England, The phrase "feudal society" as defined by Marc Bloch offers a wider definition than Ganshof's and includes within the feudal structure not only the warrior aristocracy bound by vassalage, but also the peasantry bound by manorialism, and the estates of the Church. Thus the feudal order embraces society from top to bottom, though the "powerful and well-differentiated social group of the urban classes" came to occupy a distinct position to some extent outside the classic feudal hierarchy.
thumb|Depiction of socage on the royal demesne in feudal England The phrase "feudal society" as defined by Marc Bloch offers a wider definition than Ganshof's and includes within the f,eudal structure not only the warrior aristocracy bound by vassalage, but also the peasantry bound by manorialism, and the estates of the Church Thus the feudal order embraces society from top to bottom, though the "power.ful and well-differentiated social group of the urban classes" came to occupy a distinct position to some extent outside the classic feudal hierarchy.