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Feudalism definition

a social system of rights and obligations based on land ownership power
pros of feudalism
- protection
- restored trade
- no one person ruled
cons of feudalism

no strong central gov for big projects
who had the most power in the feudalism system

lords/nobles
What led to feudalism

Charles Martel gave large pieces of land to nobles willing to fight for him
lords gave the serfs _______

protection
serf gave the lords _____

labor
describe the life of a noble woman
- ran the manor
- overseas food and storage
- medical duties
pages main duties
- care for and controlled war horse
- served ladies
- learned manners
squire main duties
- served knights in battle
- learned to handle lance and weapons
responsibility of a vassal

vassals gave military services and the lord gave vassal land
why did nobles raise their own armies and build castles

protection
landownership=_______

power
define freeman

peasant that could leave as wish
define serf

peasant that couldn't leave as wish
4 reasons farming became more productive at the end of the middle ages
- heavy plows
- mills
- crop rotation
- horse collar
why did knights participate in tournaments

practice for war
how was it decided what class a person would belong too

born into it
could a person change the class he or she belonged to

no you had to have noble blood
Define Canterbury Tales

collection of stories by Geoffrey Chaucer
Define fief

land granted to a vassal
Define coat of arms

identified a knight in battle
Define vassal

noble who served a lord of higher rank
Define knight

warrior on horseback
Define joust

competition between 2 mounted knights
Define code of chivalry
- protect weak
- honor gods
- don't change unhorsed foe
Define manor
- a manor included
- manors house
- surrounding fields
- peasant villages

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Social Studies 3

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2016-02-04T20:57:51Z

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