The Feudal System
This was the system of land ownership and duties used during the Middle Ages.
What is Feudalism?
Castles were made of ____________ so they could not catch fire when enemies shot burning arrows at them.
What is stone?
These villagers served as Lord of the Manor when men were away fighting.
Who are the women of the manor?
This person was the leader of the Catholic Church.
This disease killed millions of people during the 1300s.
What is the Black Death?
These people are legally bound to the land and are required to work for the lord in exchange for the right to live and work on the land.
Who were serfs?
This was the code of conduct knights were expected to follow.
What was chivalry?
This was a large estate that often included a village, as well as farmlands inhabited by peasants.
What is a manor?
Religious officials who work for the Church
These were armed religious journeys to the Holy Land to reclaim it from Muslim control.
What are the Crusades?
This person received land from a lord and in return, promised to be loyal and provide services like fighting for the lord, when needed.
What is a vassal?
A knight's suit of armour typically weighed about __________ pounds.
What is between 60 and 110 pounds?
(any answer within this range is acceptable.)
A serf who escaped to a city and managed to live there for this amount of time, without being caught, could become free.
What is a year and a day?
This word means to be kicked out of, or not be allowed to be part of, the Catholic Church.
What is excommunication?
This document limited the king's power.
What is the Magna Carta?
The land given to a vassal from a lord was called a __________.
What is a fief?
Boys training to be knights started at the age of 7 and were called _________.
What are pages?
Residents on a manor had to be _____________, or able to supply their own needs including food, shelter and clothing.
What is self-sufficient?
People went to this large church, typically found in the center of the manor, for religious services.
What is a cathedral?
This was a time when there was a rebirth of learning in Europe, when people again became deeply interested in art, literature and science.
What is the Renaissance?
The people who practiced a similar trade, or had the same job, were all part of an association called a __________.
What is a guild?
The final stage of becoming a knight, when a squire was officially honored.
What is a dubbing ceremony?
Most peasants on a manor did this type of work.
What are farm laborers?
This group of people were responsible for copying religious texts by hand.
Who were monks?
This German monk sharply criticized the Church and nailed a list of complaints on the door of a church in Wittenberg, Germany. This act began the Reformation, or a change in the religion of his time.
Who is Martin Luther?