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Feudalism
• Shift from king to Nobles
• Landowning nobles governed and protected
the people in return for services
• Fighting in nobles army or farming land
Feudal Territories
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Thousands
Some large
Many very tiny
Center is fortress
Nobles were both lords and vassals
Vassals-nobles who served a lord of higher
rank—lord protects vassals
Feudal System
• In return for military service the Lord granted
vassals land and person to rule
• Land given to vassals called fief
• Knights—warriors in armor who fought on
horseback
• Need stirrups and saddle
Lords
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Lords rule manor
Peasants work land
Some pay to work land
Serfs—not leave manor, own property or
marry w/o Lords approval
• Lord must protect serf, provide safety to grow
crops
• Serf-not slave—hard life
Improve Farming
• Heavy wheeled plow w/ Iron blade
• Horse collar—horse pulls plow faster than
oxen
• Use watermills and windmills to grind grain
• 3 Field System
• Keep soil fertile
Chivalry
• Knight code
• Obey Lord, be brave, show respect to women
of noble birth, honor church and help people
• Guide for good behavior