1. Section Two Feudalism and Manorial System
Chapter 13
Section Two Feudalism and Manorial System

2. Charlemagne Review
For the following areas list one great thing he did for each
Politically
Religiously
Intellectually
Militarily
Socially
Clovis- Merovingian, Charlemagne- Carolingian

3. Viking Review
Name one of the places they settled

4. Hierarchy

5. Oath of Fealty

6. Example of an Oath
The vassal would then place his hands on a Bible, or a saint's relic, and swear he would never injure the lord in any way and to remain faithful.
An example of an oath of fealty: "I promise on my faith that I will in the future be faithful to the lord, never cause him harm and will observe my homage to him completely against all persons in good faith and without deceit."

7. Difference between a Vassal and a noble lord?
One grants the land, the other is responsible for using the land (called a vassal)
A vassal could then grant some of that land to a Knight (now he is a vassal and a lord)
In return for the land you have to support the lord in battle and anything else the Lord wanted
Land than is given- is called a fief
Primogeniture- giving of land to father’s firstborn son

8. Power Very limited for Women Social mobility- what is it?
She could have land in a dowry
She only kept land if her husband died
Social mobility- what is it?
Being able to improve one’s status
Centralized power or decentralized
One big man in charge calling all the shots
Many different manors and Lords wielding the power from the system top to bottom

9. Chivalry What does this word mean to you? Who did the Knights protect?
Remember the social ladder
Feudalism Class Quiz

10. IN groups three, 1 paper per group
The Clergy/Church
Monarch
Nobles
Knights
Vassals
Merchants
Farmers
Craftsman
Peasants/Serfs
Due Monday
during Class
IN groups three, 1 paper per group
Be able to present your findings today.
I will give you one of these profiles
Describe what level they are: Who they are between? Who is above them who below (2 sentences)
Describe what you do? (as a job)
About a half a page should describe:
where you live, how you got there, who your family members are and were, and what roles in society did they play?
5. Who do you pay your loyalties to?
6. What was the oath you had to take?
For 6, I want you to make up an oath, word for word, be creative

11. Define: Chain mail
Knights:
Percherons/Clydesdale

12. Would one want to ever kill a Knight? Why not?
Wars- we know they are bad, what is the good side of war in the Middle Ages?
Would one want to ever kill a Knight?
Why not?
Church- prevented violence around church buildings
What could they do to enforce this?
Tried to stop war on animals and farm equip.
Certain days of the week- no fighting- not so easy to enforce
What eventually stopped local wars?
Remember Lord’s promised their troops to the king during war
Trial
Battle
compurgation-
trial by ordeal, swear to tell truth/witnesses/burn hand- heals- innocent, doesn’t= guilty
Oath taking
Trial by the accused

13. What are manors?
Do they represent centralized power or decentralized power?

14. Caslte Diagram

15. Moat: a Key Obstacle

16. Chivalry Oaths knight took to each other to defend the masses
But only had to be courteous within their class
Began at 7 yrs old Attendant or Paige for a Knight
Squire
Then had to prove in battle his courage
Then knighted at big ceremony
Also swore to protect the manor

17. Medieval Crop Rotation
Why rotate at all?
What order should one plant their crops?
What might be a danger with divided land and leaving one field unplanted?

18. What to plant? Legumes, wheat, barley, grain, oats
If legumes one year then something that takes more out of the soil the next year
Why not Corn and Potatoes?
Because they were grown only in the Americas at the time

20. Universally Consistent
Who is the first and lowest in authority in the Catholic order?
Parish Priest
Next one above him?
Bishop- oversees a diocese (fuedal lords) King choses
Archdiocese would be ruled by a
Archbishop
Curia- most powerful group
The Cardinals- who select the Pope
Could normal class people rise in the church?

21. IN your own groups of 2, NO MORE THAN 3
You must illustrate a manor in which the Lord owns ½ of all the farmland, and the 10 peasants divide the rest
Half of the farmable land splits up 10 ways to the peasants
There are Spring and Fall planting that your field must be divided (1/2 & 1/2), and of the halves you split up into the 10 fields for the peasants, you plant both seasons, your choice, just no maiz or papas
Split your field in thirds so that you can rotate crops- leave 1 unplanted every year so that you farm more than ½ every year
Include a key labeling what you plant and when or label the map itself, the key is just to save space
Include the manor- moat, drawbridge, keep, parish (church), manor buildings, peasant homes, necessary roads
Sketch out your plan before drawing it on the big paper
Due today or 1st thing tomorrow, no more class time, if in soccer, you can turn it in Wed beginning of class-finish for homework,

22. Read Section 3 –Ch 13 individually due 1st thing Wednesday
The Church Hierarchy: what made the church so powerful?
Parish Priest: What sacraments couldn’t he administer?
The Bishop: Group of churches is called a what?
Church leadership: who advised the Pope? Name both.
Monasticism: What type of clergy were monks?
Lifestyles: Where did they live?
Benedictine rule: Who created most of the rules for monks?
Where was his monastery?
Male leaders in the monastery?
Female leaders in the monastery?
Spread of influence: How did they become wealthy?
Who brought Christianity to England and Ireland?

23. Designing the floor of a monastery or a church