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Feudal
ism
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The Manor System
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Peasant Life
Peasants had to pay many taxes to the lord.
Houses were very small and had dirt floors.
Average life expectancy was about 35 years.
Believed that God determined a person’s place in society.
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Knights
To defend their territories, lords raised private armies of knights. In exchange for military
service, knights were rewarded with land.
Knight’s began training at age 7. Became a full Knight at age
21.
Pasted time by training for war.
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Knights & Warfare
Tournaments Combined recreation
with combat training. Jousting
Knights guarded castles The castle was designed
for defense Moats Watch towers Thick walls
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Literature of Chivalry
Medieval literature downplayed the brutality of knighthood and feudal warfare.
Troubadours were traveling poet-musicians. King Arthur The Song of Roland
Under the code of chivalry, a knight’s duty to his lady became as important as his duty to his lord. The hero’s difficulties resulted from a conflict
between these two obligations.
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Women’s Role in Feudal Society
• Women were viewed as inferior to men.
• Noblewomen– Ran the castle/manor while husband was
away.– The lives of most noblewomen were
limited.– Couldn’t inherit land.
• Peasant Women– Poor and powerless.– Performed essential work necessary to
maintain life on the manor.
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Feudalism - a political system in which a lord owned all the land while vassals and serfs farmed it.
Noble- belonging to a hereditary class with high social or political status; aristocratic.
Knight- a man who served his sovereign or lord as a mounted soldier in armor.
Vassal- a person granted the use of land, in return for rendering homage, fealty, and usually military service or its equivalent to a lord
Serf- a person required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land.
Chivalry- the rules and customs of medieval knighthood, including courtesy, generosity, valor, and dexterity in arms.