Feudal System/Chivalry
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Lord | a wealthy landowner; a lord is referred to as "Sir SoandSo" and has a title like Duke, Earl, Count, etc. |
| Fief | payment, usually land, given to a vassal by a lord or king (the word "fee" comes from "fief") |
| Fiefdom | The land owned by a lord |
| Vassal | A person who is given a fief by someone higher. That person now owes the one who gave him the fief. |
| knight | a mounted warrior (a warrior on horseback) |
| serf | a peasant who is tied to the lord's land because he owes the lord his labor |
| The Latin word "feudum" means ___. | payment. |
| noble | a noble was anyone above the level of merchant |
| Two groups who constantly fought for power | Kings and Popes |
| Chivalry | The "knight" system which had a religious, moral, and social code. |
| Code of Chivalry | stressed duty and honor to God, one's lord, and his chosen lady |
| page | a young boy who assisted the knight; played chess to learn strategy |
| squire | the next step (after page) to becoming a knight. Squires accompanied/assisted knights and took care of armor/weapons. |
| What ended the Age of Chivalry? | the intro of guns and cannons into warfare |
| Clergy | Religious officials (priests, ministers, bishops, rabbis, etc.) |
| Manor | The large home of a feudal lord and the lands surrounding it, as well as the village on the land. |
| feudal system | A system of trading loyalties for protection in the Middle Ages. |
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