Feudalism Character Research
Please take point form notes from the hand-out to answer the following questions.
Position:
(King, Queen, Lady, Lord, Knight, Peasant or Serf).
1) What were your main responsibilities during the Middle Ages?
2) List the positive aspects about your position in the feudal system? For example, what can you
imagine you might enjoy or be viewed as a “privilege” during that time.
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3) List the negative aspects about you position in the feudal system?
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4) Please scroll down below to answer the questions that correspond to your position. For example,
if you are a Lord, make sure you are answering the “Lords and Ladies” section below. There is also a
word bank to help you out!
Medieval Europe Note-Taking
Kings and Queens
1) The (
) was the idea that God gave the King the right to rule how he wished.
2) The greatest responsibility that the king had was to provide (
3) It was up to the King to find (
) for his people.
) to help him protect his Kingdom.
2 Possible advantages to their position
2 Possible Disadvantages to their position
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Lords and Ladies
4) Lords and Ladies were also members of the (
out of every 100 people.
) which during the Middle Ages was one
5) Some of the activities that the Lords and Ladies enjoyed were……
6) Lords had several different responsibilities. They were mainly responsible for helping the king to
(
) the land. Sometimes they acted as (
that collected (
7) Ladies could also (
) and were the one’s
) from the peasants.
) and hold fiefs.
8) Women were primarily responsible for (
of people.
) their household which could have hundreds
2 Possible advantages to their position
2 Possible Disadvantages to their position
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Knights
9) Knights needed several years of (
started as a (
) . Before becoming a knight, a young boy
) before becoming a (
)in his teenage years.
10) Before becoming a squire, pages spent lots of time with the Ladies learning how to…
11) Knights lasted until the 17th century until the invention of (
12) Becoming a knight was a very (
).
) ceremony.
13) Being loyal, brave, and treating ladies were part of the Knight’s Code referred to
as a form of (
).
2 Possible advantages to their position
2 Possible Disadvantages to their position
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Peasants and Serfs
14) (
15) (
estate (land).
) rented the land and only owed rent money to the Lords.
) (serfs) farmed for the lord and needed to ask (
)to leave the
16) The work of the peasants was very important because it freed up the lords and knights so that
they could focus on preparing for (
17) Paying (
(
).
)was normal for peasants. There was the yearly payment called
). The lord could also demand a tax known as (
women got married, the men in her family had to pay a fee called a (
18) Serfs hated having to grind their (
). When a
).
)at the Lord’s Mill because it was common for
the miller to keep as much as he wanted to give to the lord.
2 Possible advantages to their position
2 Possible Disadvantages to their position
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Word Bank
Vassals
War
Taxes
Grain
Free Peasants
Chivalry
Merchet
Protect
Pages
Unfree Peasants
Training
Permission
Nobility
Inherit
Judges
Head Money
Squire
Rent
Tallage
Protection
Gunpowder
Religious
Dancing, hunting, and board games
Singing, dancing, and making music
Divine Rights of Kings
Managing