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Feudalism in the Middle Ages
Summary
Feudalism- the dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants (villeins or serfs) were obliged to live on their lord's land and give him homage, labor, and a share of the produce, notionally in exchange for military protection.
For safety and defense, the people of the middles ages lived in small communities around a central lord or master. These people were very isolated ans rarely went to other communities. They lived in a manor which consisted of a castel, church, and the villige.
The king, master, or lord usually would award his best nobles, barons, and bishops with land grants in return for their contribution of soldiers for the king's armies. These times had a very unique hierarchy. They organized people into groups of importance. The graph below is an example of how they organized it.
Feudalism- the dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants (villeins or serfs) were obliged to live on their lord's land and give him homage, labor, and a share of the produce, notionally in exchange for military protection.
For safety and defense, the people of the middles ages lived in small communities around a central lord or master. These people were very isolated ans rarely went to other communities. They lived in a manor which consisted of a castel, church, and the villige.
The king, master, or lord usually would award his best nobles, barons, and bishops with land grants in return for their contribution of soldiers for the king's armies. These times had a very unique hierarchy. They organized people into groups of importance. The graph below is an example of how they organized it.
Feudal System
Pope/Church: Supreme authority; cardinals-advised and elected the pope; bishop-managed a group of parishes or diocese; Priest-ran a parish, administered sacraments
Monarch: a sovereign head of state; king; queen; emperor
Nobles: Castel was the fortified base; Modest lifestyle compared to today; chivalry-rules that dictated knights' behavior; promised loyalty and military assistance
Knights/Vassals: Worked for the king as protectors; sometimes would be warriors in war; vassals could divide land to knights
Merchants/Farmers/Craftsmen: Merchants organized trade; Farmers provided crops to trade; craftsmen made weapons as well as other essential items for life in the villiges
Peasants/Serfs: No freedom; wood huts; limited food (bread, vegetables, ale); short life spans (disease, starvation, war)
Pope/Church: Supreme authority; cardinals-advised and elected the pope; bishop-managed a group of parishes or diocese; Priest-ran a parish, administered sacraments
Monarch: a sovereign head of state; king; queen; emperor
Nobles: Castel was the fortified base; Modest lifestyle compared to today; chivalry-rules that dictated knights' behavior; promised loyalty and military assistance
Knights/Vassals: Worked for the king as protectors; sometimes would be warriors in war; vassals could divide land to knights
Merchants/Farmers/Craftsmen: Merchants organized trade; Farmers provided crops to trade; craftsmen made weapons as well as other essential items for life in the villiges
Peasants/Serfs: No freedom; wood huts; limited food (bread, vegetables, ale); short life spans (disease, starvation, war)
Definitions
Feudalism: the dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants (villeins or serfs) were obliged to live on their lord's land and give him homage, labor, and a share of the produce, notionally in exchange for military protection.
Chivalry: the medieval knightly system with its religious, moral, and social code.
Medieval: of or relating to the Middle Ages.
Barons: a member of the lowest order of the British nobility. The term “Baron” is not used as a form of address in Britain, barons usually being referred to as “Lord.”
Bishops: a senior member of the Christian clergy, typically in charge of a diocese and empowered to confer holy orders.
Land grants: a grant of public land, esp. to an institution, organization, or to particular groups of people.
Castel: Castel may refer to the following places: Castel is the Occitan word for the French château and occurs very often in southern France toponyms especially mixed with the adjective nau (which means new written nòu in Occitan).
Church: a building used for public Christian worship.
Villige: a group of houses and associated buildings, larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town, situated in a rural area.
Hierachy: a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.
Feudalism: the dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants (villeins or serfs) were obliged to live on their lord's land and give him homage, labor, and a share of the produce, notionally in exchange for military protection.
Chivalry: the medieval knightly system with its religious, moral, and social code.
Medieval: of or relating to the Middle Ages.
Barons: a member of the lowest order of the British nobility. The term “Baron” is not used as a form of address in Britain, barons usually being referred to as “Lord.”
Bishops: a senior member of the Christian clergy, typically in charge of a diocese and empowered to confer holy orders.
Land grants: a grant of public land, esp. to an institution, organization, or to particular groups of people.
Castel: Castel may refer to the following places: Castel is the Occitan word for the French château and occurs very often in southern France toponyms especially mixed with the adjective nau (which means new written nòu in Occitan).
Church: a building used for public Christian worship.
Villige: a group of houses and associated buildings, larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town, situated in a rural area.
Hierachy: a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.