Feudalism and Manor Life – Flashcards
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who ruled their lands as powerful as the kings but remained loyal to the kings a but ruled their lands as independent territories
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nobles
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warriors who fought on horseback
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knight
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historians call this system of promises that governed their relationships between lords and vassals
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feudalism
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a knight who promised to support a lord in exchange for land is called
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vassal
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to defend their lands, nobles needed soldiers, the best soldiers where who
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knights
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a lord had to send help to his vassals if this happened
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an enemy attacked
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to defend their lands, many lords built a large building with strong walls called this
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castle
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what were 3 duties of the vassals
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to fight with his lord, had to give lords money for special occasions, also had to give lord food and shelter if he came to visit
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if a vassal gained enough land, what could he become
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a lord
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these were the greatest lords of Europe, and all the nobles and knights were their vassals
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kings and queens
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these were the vassals of kings and queens, many were also lords of lower ranking nobles and knights
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Nobles
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knights served their noble lords in exchange for this
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land
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they owned no land, so they were not part of the feudal system, many worked on land owned by nobles and knights
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peasants
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who first created feudalism
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Franks
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in the 1000s, Frankish knights introduced feudalist to what countries
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Northern Italy, Spain, Germany and later Britian
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who was the french Noble that brought Feudalism to Britian
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William
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this was Williams title
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Duke of Normandy
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after defeating the English king in a battle near Hastings, William declared himself the new king of England and became known as what
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William the Conqueror
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these were large estates developed in Europe during the middle ages that were owned by a knight or lord
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manors
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what was the name of the place a lord of a manor lived
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manor house
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in the fall, peasants worked to to this
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worked to harvest crops
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harvested wheat was taken here and ground into flour with was used to make bread
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mill
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workers who were tied to the land on which they lived
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serfs
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dedieval lords kept about one fourth to one third of their land for their own use, the rest of the land was devied among who
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peasants and serfs
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they were not slaves, but serfs where not allowed to do this without the lord's permission
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leave their land
