Vocabulary
a poor farmer or farm worker who owns or rents a very small piece of land.
Peasant
Social class in the Middle Ages was determined mainly by
Birth
Roman Empire
What did Peasants spend most of their day doing?
Working
What are pages and squires?
Boys in training to become knights
a self-sufficient agricultural community. It included the lord's main house, a village for the laborers or serfs, and surrounding farmland and woods.
Manor
Pages and squires were boys in training to become
Knights
What was a major problem after the fall of rome?
Many attacks. No stability
Describe the living conditions of Peasants during feudal times
Lived in small homes, many people often in 1 room including animals, dirty smoke filled homes.
Suppose a knight is known for his chivalry. What does that suggest about him?
He followed a strict code of behavior
a young nobleman who served and helped a knight while training for knighthood
Squire
What group made up the majority of people
Peasants
What was Feudalism based on?
Loyalty to the King
List 3 duties of peasants
-working the crops
-caring for animals
-wood working
-shoe making
What happened during the night before the knighting ceremony?
spend the entire night alone in a chapel in silent prayer
The leader of the Franks from 768 to 814 C.E. who unified most of the Christian lands of Europe into a single empire
Charlemange
What is the difference between a lord and a knight?
A lord outranked a knight in the medieval feudal system, serving as a regional ruler who managed large estates, while a knight served as a professional, armored cavalry soldier bound by loyalty to fight for that lord
Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne in return for what?
Military Support
What are all of these examples of:
-head money
-tallage
-Fee when a woman married
Taxes paid to the king
What is the order of phases to become a knight?
-Page (age 7-14)
-Squire (14-21)
-Knight (21+)
land granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service
Fief
Put the social hierarchy in order from the bottom to the top.
Peasants
Knights
lords
King
After the central government of Rome disappeared, how did political power get divided up across Europe?
Power was broken down into smaller areas controlled by different individual lords.
Were peasants able to move up on the social system? Eventually become a lord or knight?
No, you were born into your social class.
Pages were primarily servants to the ladies and lords of the castle. Their duties included serving meals at feasts, carrying messages, and cleaning clothes. What was the purpose of having these duties, what was it to teach them?
taught them humility, discipline, and the elaborate upper-class table manners expected of elite warriors