Definitions
A king
Most powerful position in a feudal system
A vassal
A person who serves in the feudal system in return for land or protection.
This region was divided up
Western Europe
This scenario links to what vocab word? - A lord grants a knight a territory, including the villagers living there, in exchange for knights for the king's army and money for castle repairs, creating a new source of wealth and power for the knight.
A fief
A lord
The second most powerful position in the feudal system. Landowners who control one manor.
A fief
The land a lord granted to a vassal in exchange for protection and loyalty.
Rivers made it easy to ______
Travel
This scenario links to what vocab word? - You've worked all week on your lord's fields and now must harvest his crops, even though your own family needs food from your small plot before winter.
A serf
A knight
A noble warrior who was responsible for protection.
A manor
The castle and land a lord looks over.
What did seas and rivers provide?
Safety
This scenario links to what vocab word? - He defends a besieged castle, battling attackers from the walls, then later settles disputes for peasants in the lord's hall, ensuring justice.
A knight
A peasant
Workers who had freedom, but worked on the manor.
Feudalism
Political and social system of the middle ages in Europe, where kings gave land to vassals in exchange for service and loyalty.
What made it difficult for one group to rule over all of Europe?
Mountain ranges
This scenario links to what vocab word? - He settles disputes between his powerful barons, collects payments for infractions like breaking forest laws, and judges serious cases, maintaining control over his lands and people.
A king
A serf
Workers who did not have freedom and were bound to a manor by a lord.
The middle ages
Time period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance, lasting from about AD 500 to 1450.
Was Europe's geography an important role?
Yes
These rent-paying laborers were not tied to the land, but often lived and worked within the manorial system.