What is the name of the system that structured medieval society based on land ownership and duties?
What is Feudalism?
European government was split into these during the Middle Ages after the Roman Empire fell.
What are kingdoms?
Who were the individuals that provided military service in exchange for land?
Who are knights?
Our coastal and river attacks on Europe led to the rise of feudalism.
Who are the Vikings?
What is the term for the land given to vassals by lords?
What is a fief?
This was the official language of governments and business in Western Europe during the Middle Ages.
What is Latin?
What is the role of a serf in the feudal system?
What is a peasant bound to the land, providing labor for the lord?
What was significant about the 4th Crusade?
Catholics sacked Constantinople instead of going to the Holy Land.
Explain the mutual obligations between lords and vassals.
What are protection and land (from the lord) in exchange for loyalty and service (from the vassal)?
These two military leaders had a total bromance in the 3rd Crusade and agreed Turks could hold the Holy Land and Christians could visit freely.
Who are King Richard the Lionhearted and Saladin.