The Middle Ages

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The Middle Ages

• Feudalism
• And Manorialism

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Feudalism Rises

• A system of landholding and governing
• It was based on an exchange of protection for
  other services

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Feudal System

• Lords give
• knights/vassals
• land (fief) in
• exchange for
• the knights
• promise
• to defend the
• lord and his
• land

4
Feudal Pyramid

• Turn to page 324 in the text book

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Feudal Society

• Rigid (strict) class structure

Fief Land given to a Vassal from a Lord
Vassal The person receiving the fief
Serf Peasants who work the land
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Manors

• The manor is the lords estate
• The manor system is an economic arrangement that
  is self-sufficient

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Manors

• Lord provides housing, strips of farmland, and
  protection from bandits
• In return, serfs tend the lands, cared for his
  animals, and maintained the estate/manor

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Life on the Manor

• Rarely traveled more than 25 miles from the manor
• Generally 15-30 families lived in the village on
  a manor
• Everything needed such as food, clothes, fuel,
  lumber and leather goods were produced on the
  manor
• Only outside purchases were salt, iron and
  unusual objects

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Turn to page 366 in the text book
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Castles

• Castles were originally of wood

• Later they were made of stone

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Parts of the Castle
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Siege Weapons
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Pictures Cited

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