Feudal Society 700 A.D. – 1200 A.D.
Vocabulary to Define Right Now Feudalism Fief Vassal Act of Homage Clergy Knight Code of Chivalry Page Squire Dubbing Joust Manor Seneschal Bailiff Freemen Serf
Who am I? I awarded my men fiefs (feefs) for their service and loyalty. Others followed my example, and land ownership became tied to military service. Land Ownership = Power
Who am I??? With no central government after my death, nobles who owned land needed to protect themselves from Viking raids. Over many years, nobles grew to be quite powerful.
Fief Nobles lived here
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Act of Homage Read the bottom Of Page 368 and finish on page 369
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Feudal Pyramid Gave knights to fight and other services Gave land and protection Fought and gave other services Gave land and protection Gave food and other services Gave land and protection
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Castle Fighting
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Almost all Nobles were Knights, but Knighthood had to be earned.
Code of Chivalry
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Dubbing
Jousting
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FALLOW FIELD= not used for a year Only the LORD’S Forrest for Hunting LORD’S STRIP CHURCH’S STRIP Peasants’ Strips FALLOW FIELD= not used for a year
The writing below is from a poem called Piers the Plowman, describing a medieval peasant in the late 1300s in England. His hood was full of holes with his hair sticking through, his clumsy thick shoes showed his toes sticking out as he walked on the ground… He wore two mittens made out of old rags… He was wading in mud almost up to his ankles, And in front of him walked four oxen, so weary and weak you could count their ribs, so sorry-looking they were. 36
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