The Pyramid of Power
These people were in power during feudalism.
What is the king?
Swept through Europe, helped weaken feudalism, and killed millions of people
What is Black Death? (Plauge)
King Martel gave nobles willing to fight for him this.
What is land?
Based on barter and exchanges, rather than money
What is feudalism?
Who the people looked to for protection
What is the nobles?
Power shifted from nobles to this person.
What is the King?
Armies were needed to fight these people.
What is the Muslims?
The center of a kingdom.
What is the castle?
Who was expected to obey thier lord? (Nobles)
What is the knights?
Kings charged this on goods to regain power.
What is tax?
Nobles became powerful by selling their land, known as these.
What is a fief?
People paid taxes for these.
What is basic rights?
People who were more important than the nobles
What is the king and queen?
A series of holy wars, that helped weaken feudalism
What is the Crusades?
Farmers and peasants started to rely on nobles for this.
What is protection?
Loyalty was made public between these people.
What is a noble and vassal?
Nobles got peasants to follow them by collecting this.
What is tax?
Who the people looked to for protection after the nobles were out of power
What is the centralized monarchies?
Nobles gave land to these people willing to work and fight for him.
What is vassals?
Running away to a new town and living in it for at least a year
What is how serfs could gain freedom?