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4th Feudalism 1
Middle Ages FK1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| feudalism | a system of government in which land is exchanged for loyalty and services |
| manor | the estate over which a lord had control; also the lord’s house on an estate |
| fief | a plot of land exchanged for loyalty to a ruler |
| homage | honor or respect given to someone of higher social status |
| King and Queen | the leaders of a feudalistic society who pledged to protect and be loyal to the vassal |
| vassal | a person who received land from a ruler and in return promised aid and loyalty (lord, duke, count) |
| lord | a superior member of the feudal society who had control over a manor |
| lady | the wife of a lord; often took control of the manor in a lord’s absence |
| peasant | a farm worker |
| serf | a farm worker who was bound to live and work on his lord’s land |
| three-field system | a method of farming where crops were rotated yielding greater output annually |
| fallow | an unplanted field, the third year in the three-field system when a field is left to recover |
| knight | a military servant of a feudal king or lord |
| Code of Chivalry | a set of rules for knights |
| tournament | a staged battle fought by knights for money and honor without the intention to wound or kill |
| pageboy | a young boy in his first stage of training as a knight |
| squire | a personal servant to a particular knight |
| fortress | a large fortified place, that includes a castle and often a town |
| castle | a large building often surrounded by a fortress |
| keep | a square structure, designed to be the strongest part of a castle where inhabitants could retreat to in the event of an attack |
| courtyard | the open space inside a castle’s keep |
| drawbridge | a bridge made to be raised up, let down, so as to permit or hinder passage |
| moat | the ditch surrounding a castle, filled with water when the castle was on a stream or river |
| siege | an army attack in which it would surround a castle so that no food, weapons or supplies could reach the people inside |
| siege tower | a tall, wooden tower that rolled on wheels and could hold soldiers to enter a fortress |
| battering ram | a method of attack in which soldiers used a huge log to bang against castle doors until they broke open |
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