Had a lot of power, but were not nobles.
What is the clergy?
People needed protection from this group of people specifically.
Who are the Vikings?
The center of a manor.
What is the castle?
The bubonic plague accelerated the movement here.
These men fought on behalf of the lord in exchange for food and shelter.
"From cradle to grave"
What is Christianity?
Who are the peasants?
The kings of Western Europe had too much of this and needed to give it away to friends and family for farming.
What is land?
These people had no freedom and came with the land when it moved from one vassal to another vassal.
Who are serfs?
Walled-in, self-contained world located on the land belonging to a lord.
What is the manor?
What is cultural diffusion?
This group of people "invaded" Europe and established kingdoms that clashed with local Romans.
Who are the Germans?
Code that knights lived by.
What is chivalry?