A GOVERNING SYSTEM BASED ON LAND HOLDINGS AND A SYSTEM OF OBLIGATIONS AND ALLEGIANCES
FEUDALISM
THE ESTATE OF THE FIEF WAS CALLED A WAS CALLED A
MANOR
THE SUPREME OVERLORD IN FEUDALISM
KING
A PIECE OF LAND IN RETURN FOR SERVICE TO THE LORD
FIEF
THE NOBLE WHO CONTROLLED THE LAND HE HAD TO TAKE AN OATH COMMITTING HIMSELF TO A HIGHER AUTHORITY
LORD
WALLED FORTRESS
CASTLE
THE PERSON WHO RECIEVES THE LAND HE TAKES AN OATH AND GIVES HIS SERVICES TO THE LORD
VASSAL
THE LORD’S WIFE WAS CALLED THE
LADY
THIS WAS THE PROMISE OF THE LORD TO GIVE ALLEGIANCE TO HIS OVERLORD
OATH OF FEALTY
THE POOR PEOPLE DURING THE TIMES OF FEUDALISM
SERFS
FIRST STAGE OF BECOMING A KNIGHT WAS CALLED
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THE LAND EVERYONE SHARED TO GROW THEIR FOOD
COMMON LAND
A FORM OF CROP ROTATION THE FIELD WAS LEFT UNPLANTED FOR ONE YEAR TO ALLOW THE SOIL TO REGAIN ITS NUTRIENTS
FALLOW
KNIGHT’S CODE OF CONDUCT
CHIVALRY
THE SECOND STAGE OF BECOMING A KNIGHT
SQUIRE
WAR GAMES DESIGNED TO KEEP A KNIGHT’S SKILLS SHARP
TOURNAMENTS
MEDIEVAL WARRIOR WAS CALLED A
KNIGHT
TRIAL BY COMBAT IN THE TOURNAMENTS WAS CALLED
JOUSTING