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European Medieval Feudalism
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European Medieval Feudalism
What were the relationships that existed in the European feudal system?
Feudalism:
European Medieval Feudalism
What were the relationships that existed in the European feudal system?
Feudalism: A social system in which lords grant people land or other rewards in exchange for military or other service.
Directions: Draw two pyramids next to one another.
Shogun
Daimyo
Samurai
Peasants
Japanese European
Directions: By using the pyramids what were the roles of:
Lord:
Knight:
Serf:
The lord and vassal relationship
King
The lord and vassal relationship
Lord/King(Owns a large amount of land)
Vassal/Lord(receives land from a lord/king)
Vassal/Lord(receives land from a lord/king)
(The vassal becomes a lord) (The vassal becomes a lord)
vassal vassal vassal vassal
The grant of land that a lord or vassal receives is called a fief.
A Manor
* After a lord receives a fief (an estate of land) he places a manor on it.
* Serfs (peasants) work and maintain the land in return for protection.
Europe's Feudal States (Video):
1) When did the middle ages begin?
2) What was the new political and social system that formed during the middle ages?
3) What would a monarch give a noble?
4) In the feudal system what did the noble become to a king or queen?
5) What did each lord have to pledge?
6) When a lord received a fief what else did he receive?