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Feudalism in Europe Feudalism: A political and economic system based on land holding and protective alliances. Feudalism in Europe emerges about 850-950 A New Social Order Feudalism Structures Society • A lord (______________) gives _______ (land grants) in exchange for services • _______________ - people who receive fiefs - become powerful landholders The Feudal Pyramid • Kings served by ________ who are served by _______; peasants at the bottom • Knights - _______________ - defend their lord’s land in exchange for fiefs Feudal system- people into 3 social groups: • Those who ___________: nobles & knights • Those who __________: monks, nuns, clergy • Those who __________: peasants • Social Class is usually ___________; majority of people are ___________ • Most peasants are ________ - people lawfully __________ to place of birth • Serfs aren’t ___________, but what they produce belongs to their lord Economic Side of Feudalism The Lord’s Estate • The lord’s estate, a _____________, has an economic system • Serfs and free peasants ________________ the lord’s estate, give grain • The lord ________________ housing, farmland, & protection from bandits • Medieval Manors _____________ lord’s house, church, workshops, village • Manors cover a few square miles of land, are largely ___________________ Harshness of Manor Life • Peasants pay ________ to use mill and bakery; pay a ______ to priest (church) • Tithe - a church tax - is equal to one-tenth of a peasant’s ____________ • Serfs live in crowded cottages with dirt floors, ___________ for beds • Daily _____________ of raising crops, livestock; feeding and clothing family • Poor diet, ____________, & malnutrition make life expectancy ______ years • Serfs generally accept their lives as part of _________________
