Feudalism & Chivalry
Today’s Vocabulary
• _______________
– Peasants who were bound to the _____________ they worked on.
• ______________
– Set of _________________ that a knight was suppose to follow.
Invaders attack Europe
• The ______________ attacked from the north with terrifying speed.
• As the weather warmed, they stopped raiding.
• The invasions by Vikings, _____________, and ________________ caused widespread _____________.
• People no longer looked to a _______________ ruler for security.
• Many turned to _____________ rulers who had their own armies.
Feudalism
• Feudalism
– A political and economic system based on __________ ownership and personal ____________.
• In exchange for ______________ protection, a lord granted land to vassals who would
farm the _______________.
• Social class was __________________.
• The majority of people were peasants & _______________.
Manors
• The lord provided the peasants with housing, farmland, and protection from _______________.
– In return, serfs tended the lord’s lands and cared for his animals.
• The manor was a self-_______________ community.
– The peasants produced nearly everything that they needed for daily life.
Peasant Life
• Peasants had to pay many ________________ to the lord.
• Houses were very small and had ______________ floors.
• Average life expectancy was about _______ years.
• Believed that ______________ determined a person’s place in society.
Knights
• To defend their territories, lords raised private armies of knights.
– In exchange for _______________ service, knights were rewarded with ________________
• Knights began training at age _____.
– Became a full Knight at age ______.
• Pasted time by training for war.
Knights & Warfare
• Tournaments
– Combined recreation with combat training.
– __________________
• Knights guarded castles
– The castle was designed for _________________
• ________________
• Watch towers
• Thick walls
Literature of Chivalry
• Medieval literature ________________ the brutality of knighthood and feudal warfare.
• Troubadours were traveling poet-musicians.
– King ________________
– The Song of Roland
• Under the code of chivalry, a knight’s duty to his _______ became as important as his duty to his _______.
– The hero’s difficulties resulted from a conflict between these two obligations.
Women’s Roles in Feudal Society
• Women were viewed as _____________ to men.
• Noblewomen
– Ran the castle/manor while husband was away.
– The lives of most noblewomen were limited.
– Couldn’t _____________ land.
• Peasant Women
– Poor and ________________.
– Performed essential work necessary to maintain life on the manor.