Transcript Feudal Society

Feudal Society
Review: Write down 3 reasons why
Rome fell? What was the most
powerful empire to rise after the fall
of Rome?
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A. Feudalism
1. Def: political system in which a lord grants
land (Fiefs) to vassals in return for a pledge of
military service.
2. King
3. Lord/Noble
4. Vassal/Knight
5. Serf/Peasant
Feudalism
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B. The Manorial System
1. Def: an economic system in which nobles
gave peasants the right work the land on
their manors in return for a fixed payment
2. Domain - lord kept 1/3 of manor for
himself
3. 2/3 of land was farmed by peasants
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4. Peasants and Serfs
a. men - farmers, blacksmith, millers
b. women - cleaned, cooked, made clothing,
gardened, helped in fields
c. lived in cruck houses
5. Nobility a. men - administers and judges, sons were
sent to knights to learn
b. women - ran household, education,
daughters learned manners
c. lived in castles
The Three-Field System
Life in the Middle Ages
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C. The Church
1. Religion was the center of life
2. Nobles gave land to monasteries
3. Tithe – 10% of income
4. Sacraments - baptism, Holy Eucharist,
confirmation, penance, Holy Orders,
matrimony, extreme unction
Right Now:
1. I will break you up into 6 groups.
2. Each group will be assigned a person from the
Middle Ages.
Group 1 - King
Group 2 – Noble Man
woman
Group 3 - Knight
Group 4 - Peasant man
Group 5 - Peasant
Group 6 – Noblewoman
3. Your group’s job is to make a skit in which your
group displays their benefits and trade-offs to
feudal society.