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Feudalism Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| manor | the house the Lord/Noble lives in |
| Social order of Feudalism | Pope, King, Lords/Nobles, Knights, Peasants/Serfs |
| Feudalism | a system of relationships that was used for protection in the middle ages |
| vassal | a person who swears an oath of loyalty |
| changes to castles | wood to stone entrance locations don't line up arch loops |
| Barbarian invaders from Asia | Magyars |
| invaders from the south spreading Islam | Muslims |
| Barbarian invaders from Scandinavia | Vikings |
| William the Conqueror | 1st king of England developed feudalism |
| Charlemagne | 1st king of the Franks (France) United the tribes of Europe |
| pope | the leader of the catholic church |
| Lord | someone who receives a fief from the king in exchange for protecting the land. |
| Serf/Peasant | someone who received some food and protection in exchange for working on the manor |
| knight | an armored warrior who protected the Lord's land |
| chivalry | a code of conduct (behavior) for knights |
| fallow | a section of farmland that is plowed but left unsown in order to restore fertility |
| 3 field farming | a farming method that divided the land into 3 sections; leaving 1 section fallow |
| Words describing peasant life | malnourished, diseased, hard work, high taxes and tithing |
| words describing peasant homes | dirty, crowed, bug infested, animal feces, early death |
| page | age 7, 1st step in becoming a knight. Lived in the manor house & did odd jobs, learned to write, read, and hunt. |
| squire | age 12, 2nd step in becoming a knight. Learned to use swords and armor |
| the age to become a knight | age 21 |