1. The Feudal System Duties owed to others Basic idea is control of land
Unit of land is the Manor
Social class determined by birth
No social mobility
Monarch controlled all the land in the kingdom
Knights provided military service to the lords in exchange for land
Serfs produced food and labor for the manor; not free to leave
Monarchs could divide land among many lords; each lord had their own knights who were loyal to them.

2. The Feudal System
Manorialism: ( Manorial System) economic system of Feudalism
Based on the unit of land, the manor
Land based, agrarian economy
Manors were self-sufficient (villages: villein-peasants)
Manors were divided into units for individual families
Lord of the manner was the authority
People living on the manor worked the land and performed the labor required to run the manor

3. The Monarch Nobles Knights Serfs
Monarch provides land to the lords, nobles
Lords provide Knights to protect Kingdom
Nobles
Knights promise to fight for the Lord
Lords provide land *food to Knights
Serfs provide food & labor for the kingdom
Provide serfs with land to live on and protection
Knights
Serfs

4. The Church Hierarchy The Pope The Papacy The upper clergy
The Cardinals
The Bishops
Priests, Monks, Nuns the lower clergy