SS Vocab 7.6.3 European Feudalism
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 feudalism | A government based upon the relation between a lord who provided land and protection and a vassal who pledged military and other services in return. |
| economy | Production, distribution, and use of goods and services, and thier value or worth make up an _______________. |
| knights | Medieval European mounted noble soldiers sworn to a code of conduct. |
| fief | A plot (chunk) of land. |
| lord | A noble who had other nobles serving as vassals under him/her. |
| vassal | A noble who served another noble; all nobles except for the King. |
| noble | The top class in Medieval society that came with more rights and responsibilities. |
| peasants | The bottom class in medieval society. There were two types: freemen and serfs. |
| manor | Large farming estate owned by a noble. Usually included a house, pastures, fields, forest and a village. |
| serfs | peasants who worked on the manor when the knight or lord was away |
| medieval | Any thing from or refering to the Middle Ages. |
| Charlamagne | Frankish King crowned Holy Roman Emperor by the Pope. |
| pope | The top clergy of the Roman Catholic Church; bishop of Rome. |
| village | A small comunity of peasents overseen by a noble and linked to a manor. |
| produce | crops. |
| kingdom | An area ruled by a king. |
| Middle Ages | Every thing that happened from the fall of Rome to the pre-modern times. |
| bishop | A noble who was a high ranked church official (clergy) who answers to a higher ranked bishop or the pope. |
| Catholicism | A Christian religion based on the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth and his Apostles. Led by the pope and highly influential during the Middle Ages. |
| chivalry | Code of honorable behavior for medieval knights imposed by the Church. |
| clergy | Church officials including bishops, priests, monks, missionaries, nuns. |
| oath | Promise; to swear loyalty or allegience to something or someone. |
| homage | Honor; pay tribute; great respect; Ex. pay/do homage to |
| economic | Closely related to the feudal system was the ___ system based on the manor. |
| manor | A ___was a large farming estate owned by a knight or lord. a manor |
| rent | As___, peasents often supplied the nobles with food. |
| serfs | ___ were peasents who, while not slaves, could not leave the manor without permission. |
| towns | As more food was grown, the population increased. Villages began to grow into ____. Many people moved from manor into towns. |
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