1. Life after Rome: Early Medieval Society

2. Objective
Understand the manorial system as Europe’s early economic system

3. What does Europe look like?

4. A Different Kind of Change
Barbarians destroy Roman developments
Decline in education, art, trade, and cities
Europe breaks into many small kingdoms
Agriculture becomes the main source of food in society
Manorial/Feudalism become the standard social and economic system

5. Manor System Manor-large plots of land (estates)
Owned by wealthy land owners (lords)
Peasants, or common people, worked the manor

6. How did the Manor System Work?
Manor System- Economic system for exchanging land use and protection for goods and services
Manor lands divided into sections
Peasants paid for their use of their land with goods and services
Peasants depended on the lord for protection

7. What would you find on a Manor?
Manor house-where the lord lived
Mill-powered by water
Peasant homes
Church-center of religious worship and social gatherings

8. Bailiff - A Bailiff was a person of some importance who undertook the management of manors
Reeve - A Reeve was a manor official appointed by the lord or elected by the peasants
Millar - Most manors had windmills or watermills. The right to mill was in the gift of the Lord of The Manor.
Servants - Servants were house peasants who worked in the lord's manor house, doing the cooking, cleaning, laundering, and other household chores
Serf - Medieval Serfs were peasants who worked his lord's land and paid him certain dues in return for the use of land, the possession but not the ownership of which was heritable. Dues were usually in the form of labor on the lord's land. Medieval Serfs were expected to work for approximately 3 days each week on the lord's land.
Villein - A peasant or villein was a low status tenant who worked as an agricultural worker or laborer. A peasant or villein usually cultivated acres of land
Cottager: A low class peasant with a cottage, but with little or no land who generally worked as a simple laborer

9. Interesting notes about the Manor System
1/3 of the crops grown go to the lord, 1/3 to the Church, the rest to the peasants.
Many peasants were serfs. They were part of the manor property. They also lived with their farm animals
Large manor house will be replaced by castles
Manorial system lasts until the 12th century (1100’s)

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15. The Feudal System:
People believed he was chosen by God
Was given many decorated titles:
Duke
Earl
Baron
Chivalry: code of moral, religious, and Social systems

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The King
People believed he was chosen by God
Ruled according to the traditions and customs of their tribes
Sought help to control his kingdom through the feudal system.
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King Alfred the Great of England
King Henry V of England
King Henry VIII of England
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The lords
Answered only to the king…swore an oath to be faithful to the king and provide military service
Members of the Church were included in this class
Was given many decorated titles:
Duke
Earl
Baron
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John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster. Most of the those in the royal family were given titles like Duke or Earl. Gaunt became one of the most powerful Dukes in the history of England.
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The Knights
Fought for the lords as part of deal with king
Knights were bound by a code called Chivalry
Chivalry: code of moral, religious, and Social systems
Doing what’s right
Being religious in the eyes of all
Stories or legends emerge from the knights
Arthurian legends
Quest for Holy Grail
The Knights Templar
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William Marshall was one of the greatest knights of the Middle Ages
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Peasants and others
The majority of the population in early medieval Europe
Many were serfs who were tied to the land of the lord (Manor System)
Life was extremely hard
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