Manorialism came to rise during the 9th and 10th century invasions on Western Europe. At this time they were going through countless invasions from the Scandinavian Vikings. These Vikings were relentless and would burn down the villages, kill innocent people, and steal people’s belongings. France got the worst of it and had so many invasions that a prayer was added to the Catholic mass begging God for help from the Vikings. After a while, the people started to look to the king for help, but then realized he could do nothing as well as he really did do nothing. Although people look at kings as this above all person who could do whatever he wanted, in reality kings didn’t have that much power or help. People started to become desperate for protection so they would look to someone who had the money to have a horse and armor with a large amount of land, but these people didn’t have time to take care of the land because they were trying to protect themselves from the Vikings. Since they needed help the men in power of the land which were called Lords would get the helpless people (vassals) and give them protection in exchange of them helping take care of the land. This was a common thing that worked well for both sides giving them both what they needed.