1. World Studies 10 9.13.16 Turn in: Nothing…oh, technology! Take out:
Stamp Sheet
Notes & Note-taking device
Feudalism Chart
Today’s Learning Objectives:
I can describe what life in the Middle Ages was like for different groups of people.
Today’s Agenda:
CRA 7.2
Feudalism Chart
Feudalism “Explained”
HW:
Create a graphic organizer on Feudalism, with definitions of terms from reading…(stamp)

2. Group Work (5 minutes)
Use each other as a resource (as well as chart, definitions, reading…) to complete and help you understand the structure of society represented in the chart.

3. Lord—someone having power, authority, or influence
Definitions
PEOPLE:
Lord—someone having power, authority, or influence
Vassal—holder of land by feudal tenure on conditions of homage and allegiance
Serf—an agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord’s estate
Nobles—a person of noble rank or birth
King—male ruler of independent state, usually inherited
Knights—a man who served his sovereign or lord as a mounted soldier in armor

4. Other vocabulary
Fief—an estate of land, especially one held on condition of feudal service.
Oath of Fealty—a pledge of allegiance from one person to another…works from subordinates to lords
Tithe—1/10th, 10% of produce (or earnings), formerly taken as a “tax” for support of the church and clergy
Manor—an estate of land, originally a feudal lordship consisting of a lord’s demense (diˈmān)—lord’s private land—and utilized by tenants

5. Why Feudalism? Issues with the Fall of Rome Impact on European Society
Solution to the problem
Fear of working the land, due to invaders & widespread violence
Lack of crops…starvation, population decline, rise of violence
Manoralism
The breakdown of the rule of law: lack of order
Criminal activity in general—theft, violence, etc.
Feudalism
A collapse of a strong stable government
Lack of general social welfare, education, and community
The Catholic Church

6. World Studies 10 9.13.16 Turn in: Nothing…oh, technology! Take out:
Stamp Sheet
Notes & Note-taking device
Feudalism Chart
Today’s Learning Objectives:
I can describe what life in the Middle Ages was like for different groups of people.
Today’s Agenda:
CRA 7.2
Feudalism Chart
Feudalism “Explained”
HW:
Create a graphic organizer on Feudalism, with definitions of terms from reading…(stamp)

7. So, what’s the issue with Feudalism
What do you think??? --

8. So, what’s the issue with Feudalism
What does Steen think???
1. It seems like a fairly simple solution to the problems facing Europe after the Fall of Rome. However, in reality, it gave opportunity to so many complications:
Who were you bound to if you were given land? Where did your loyalty actually reside? What are the problems with this?
2. Trade suffered…greatly. Why? Think about how the bonds of agreement impacted those “downstream” from power. If you spend all your energy working for someone else, what do you have left for yourself? --

9. Feudalism “Explained” (sort of…)