The Consolidated Rail Corporation, commonly known as Conrail (reporting mark CR), was the primary Class I railroad in the Northeast U.S. between 1976 and 1999. Conrail is a portmanteau of consolidated and rail from the name of the company.
Feudalism was a combination of legal and military customs in medieval Europe that flourished between the 9th and 15th centuries. Broadly defined, it was a way of structuring society around relationships derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labour.
2016-10-02T23:48:12-04:00. Feudalism began during the period of muslim, magyar, and viking invasions. The reason for this was that these invasions were events which prompted for new ways of building up society. Because of this, feudalism began to rise out of practical reasons, lords needed food to eat and support their lands and peasants needed protection.