Which Statement Best Describes Feudalism

Which statement best describes feudalism?

A) It was a social system in which land was divided into hundreds of small territories, each ruled by a family of lords that held a monopoly of wealth and power.
B) It was an economic and political system that prevented growth by dividing the land into thousands of small fiefdoms, each owned by a single peasant family.
C) It was a social and political system that divided the continent of Europe into a few large countries whose rulers held absolute sway over their subjects.
D) It was a social and religious system whose demands for the subjugation of the peasant to the will of the lord ran afoul of the teachings of the Catholic Church.