9.3: Feudalism and Manor Life
________________________ was a system of ________________ that governed how ___________and
______________ dealt with each other.
Feudalism Governs Knights and Nobles
During the Medieval time period, Europe split into many _________________ each ruled by many _________.
Kings hired ___________ to help them run their _____________ – specifically to help protect his __________.
Nobles swore ______________ to that king and provided ______________ when the king wanted it. In
return, the king gave __________ to his noble.
Nobles could become very ____________________ – some became as powerful as ____________________.
Nobles needed ___________________ to protect their land. The best soldiers were _______________ –
warriors who fought on ____________________.
Knights and Land
Nobles gave _______________ fiefs (feefs) or a piece of ____________, instead of ______________ for their
______________ service.
If a noble gave _____________ to a knight in this way, he was called a __________________.
Knights promised to _____________________ the nobles in ________________ and other matters.
Knights were called ______________________ if they promised support for land.
A Lord’s Duties
Lords sent help to his vassal if an _________________________.
Lords also couldn’t ___________ his vassal or ______________ for no reason.
Lords often built _________________ to _________________ themselves and his vassals
A Vassal’s Duties
________________ with and for his Lord when called upon.
Give their lords _________________ on special occasions.
Give their lords ____________________ and ______________ if he came to visit.
A vassal could become a lord if he gained enough ___________. In this case, a vassal could _________ be a
lord.
A knight could also accept fiefs from two different __________ and become a vassal to ___________.
Feudalism Spreads
It was created by the ___________________.
Frankish knights __________________________ feudalism into Northern Italy, Spain, and Germany.
Feudalism then spread into ____________________________.
It was brought to Britain in the 1000’s by a French noble ________________ – who in 1066 sailed into England
and defeated the English king at the ____________ of ________________ and then declared himself William
__________________________.
The Manor System
When Knights received a ____________ from his lord – he needed a way to __________ it as he didn’t have
___________________________ this land.
__________________ were farmers that didn’t own any land.
A new economic system (____________System) developed out of this need. _____________allowed peasants
to farm land on their estates and in return, peasants had to give knights ______________________________.
A large estate owned by a knight was called a ______________.
Peasants, Serfs, and Other Workers
Most medieval lords kept about ¼ to 1/3 of their land for themselves – the rest they ____________ up among
the ________________________.
Serfs
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Were workers who were ________________________________________ on which they lived.
Not ____________ but couldn’t ____________ without permission of the ________.
Spent most of their time _________________ the land.
In return, they got a small ______________ to farm for themselves and ____________ against outlaws.
Manors produced and provided everything the people needed that lived there.
Manor Lords
Lords controlled _______________________ that happened on his land.
His word was the ___________.
He _______________ those who misbehaved and collected ____________ from those that loved on his
manor.
Women in the Middle Ages
Generally had ___________________ than men and had to obey the wishes of their husbands and fathers
Eleanor of Aquitaine
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One of the most powerful women in the Middle Ages
She ruled Aquitaine, an area of ______________, as a king’s ___________________.
She married ________________ VII and became the Queen of __________________.
Later, she divorced Louis and married ______________ II and became the Queen of _______________.
Two of her ____________ later became the kings of England.
Towns and Trade Grew
Most lived on manors and cities were small. But around the 1000’s, cities started to ___________.
Cities grew because:
_________________________________________. Why? Partly because there was more _________ from
new farming technology like: ________________ and ______________________ so that farmers could use
horses (instead of ____________ that were bigger and slower) to plow fields.
_________________________ and goods from all over Africa and Asia to Europe to make money.
This led to a _____________________ in Feudalism along with knights beginning to demand ______________
instead of land for services, and serfs and peasants leaving manors for ________________ …slowly bringing an
end to the _________________________.
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