Today in class we took notes
Feudalism
-government system and relationships between land owners and warriors.
-warriors = knights
-pledge allegiance to landowners and they got some land for it
-fief = property
-vassal = lords "servant"
-fight when needed and apear at court once a month
That's the feudal compact
Homage
-pay homage to the lord
-homage = honor them, kneel, say an oath
-apprentices to knights learn the how to
-fief of dead man would go to his son or daughter and the lord will take care of them if underage
Church
-clergy fought as knights sometimes
Feudal States
-Barons = lords of large areas of land that paid homage to a king
-baron's army could outnumber the king so they kept a check on the king's power
Manorial Estate
-clergy, nobility, commoners
-peasantry farmed on manors
-iron plows and water powered grinding mills, wasn't much of a harvest
-three field system, 2 = plant in spring and fall, 1 left to refertilize, rotated
People
-woman ran household operations
-peasants were serfs, they were bound to the land and the lord
Appearence
-most towns were surrounded by walls
-suburbs were outside the walls
-towns had a main church that looked snazzy
-central marketplace
-churches had few windows
- craft guilds were in the center of town
-Free People heirarchy
merchants
craftsmen
unskilled
apprentices
serfs
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