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Those Who Fight: Nobles
In the ________________ ages, ___________________ ruled the battlefield. They
sat upon their ________________ with their bodies covered in ____________ and
charged their ________________. Generally speaking, knights came from the
___________________ because only the wealthy could ________________ horses,
armor, and _______________. The nobles spent much of their time perfecting
________________ skills such as ________________ or ________________. A
noble was called a _________________ and lived on a large farm called a
___________________.
Those Who Work: Serfs
On the manor, the people who worked were called _________________. In return for
some land to farm, the serfs gave some of their ________________ and
________________ to the lord of the manor. They also paid to use the lord’s
________________ to grind their grain. Serfs also had to pay a tenth of their crops,
called a ______________ to the church. The serfs were not _______________ to
leave the land. But in return, the lord of the manor could not ______________ them to
leave the land either. Serfs generally had a very _________________ life. Their
children began ________________ at an early age clearing _______________ from
the fields and chasing __________________ away from the crops.
Those Who Pray: Monks
________________ was an important part of medieval life.
And so, many people joined _______________ and became
monks. Monasteries were also important because the monks
made ________________ of old books. The best
________________ in Europe were in the monasteries.
Many of the monks were the _____________ or third sons
of nobles. They became monks because they could not
_______________ the manor when their father died.
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