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1. FeudalismPyramid of PowerManoralismYear 8 History: European Middle Agesduffystirling.wordpress.comincludes images and adapted slides obtained via Pete’s Power Point Station: http://www.pppst.com/
2. E. NappTheEarlyMiddleAgeswas adangeroustime.Feudalism
3. Roman Empire had a central government.After Rome fell, Europe had dozens of little kingdoms.Lots of fighting between kingdoms.Lots of attacks from Vikings, Magyars (from East Asia) and Muslims.A new way evolved ...Government in the Middle Ages
4. Feudalism was the political and military system of the Middle Ages.In a feudal society, land is exchanged for military service and loyalty.The ownership of land was the basis or power.FeudalismNEW PAGE: Title: Feudalism in the Middle AgesCopy this definition:Feudalism is a political system where land – and therefore money and power – is exchanged for military service and loyalty.
5. Feudal Pyramid of Power
6. The King owned all of the land.Depending on how much he liked them, he gave land to the Nobles.At the topWilliam the Conqueror
7. Feudal Pyramid of PowerKINGNOBLESLAND
8. Lords and Ladies, Dukes, Earls.Usually related to, or mates with, the King.They didn’t get the Land for free: they were required to give money and soldiers (knights) if the King needed them to fight a war.Nobles
9. Feudal Pyramid of PowerKINGNOBLESMONEY AND KNIGHTSLAND
10. Nobles needed trained soldiers to defend castles and to give the King when he asked for them.Knights most important, highly skilled soldiers Mounted knights in heavy armor best defendersKnights
11. Feudal Pyramid of PowerKINGKNIGHTSNOBLESPROTECTION and MILITARY SERVICEMONEY AND KNIGHTSLAND
12. BUTBeing a knight is expensive; weapons, armor, horsesNobles usually paid with land.Land given to knight for service was called a fief Anyone accepting fief was called a vassalA vassal had to obey his Lord and fight for him when required.Knights
13. Feudal Pyramid of PowerKINGKNIGHTSvassalsNOBLESPROTECTION and MILITARY SERVICEMONEY AND KNIGHTSLAND (fief)LAND
14. Person could be both lord, vassalSome knights with large fiefs gave small pieces of land to other knightsOne knight could serve many lordsEveryone’s supposed to be loyal to the King. Didn’t always work out that way.Many Lords
15. Feudal Pyramid of PowerKINGKNIGHTSvassalsPEASANTSNOBLESPROTECTION and MILITARY SERVICEMONEY AND KNIGHTSLAND (fief)LANDLANDand protectionFOOD AND SERVICES
16. In Modern times, when we say “Manor”, we mean this:Manorialism
17. But in the Middle Ages, a Manor was more like a town or a large estate.Remember: a fief was all of a Lord’s land.The Manor was the part of the fief where the peasants farmed and lived.In your book finish this sentence:In the Middle Ages, a fief was …A manor, in the Middle Ages, is …Manorialism
18. Manorialism was the economic system of the Middle Ages.These days our economic system is called ‘Capitalism’.Manorialism was a self-sufficient economy; this means that everything that was necessary for life was created on the manor.Manorialism
19. Manors had some free people who rented land from lordEach manor included fortified house for noble family, village for peasants, serfsOthers included landowning peasants, skilled workers like blacksmiths, millersAlso had a priest for spiritual needsManorialism
20. Common Pasture(or "Green")
21. Common Pasture(or "Green")ORCHARDBuildings
22. Everyday people – peasants - were frightened. They turned to landowners for protection.Peasants offered their labor in exchange for protection. These peasants were called serfs.Peasants
23. The PeasantsAt the lowest level of society were the peasants, also called serfs or villeins. The lord offered his peasants protection in exchange for living and working on his land.
24. Hard Work & High TaxesPeasants worked hard to cultivate the land and produce the goods that the lord and his manor needed. They were heavily taxed and were required to relinquish much of what they harvested.
25. SerfsA serf was “bound to the land.”He could not leave his lord’s land.He was not a slave because he could not be sold.But he was not free because he could not leave.He also needed permission to marry.
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28. Repairingfixing sheds, houses, fencesPlantingWeavingPloughingFertilisingSowingWeedingPruningScaring BirdsShearingHarvestingGatheringTyingWinnowingMillingButcheringSalting/SmokingCollectingDigging
29. Vocab MatchserfA) a person who swears to be a fighter for a lord in exchange for land.feudalismB) the part of the fief in which villagers and peasants live (kind of like a small town)fiefC) the system which involves residents of a manor growing and making everything for themselves (being self sufficient)manorD) a peasant which is tied to the land (kind of like a slave)vassalE) the political system which William the Conqueror set up which involves exchanging land for service.manorialismF) Land given to Knights and Lords in exchange for loyalty and a promise to fight.COPY the word and it’s correct definition into your book.
30. Feudal Pyramid of PowerKINGKNIGHTSvassalsPEASANTSserfsNOBLESFOOD AND SERVICESPROTECTION and MILITARY SERVICEMONEY AND KNIGHTSLAND (fief)LANDLANDand protection