3.1The recruitment and training of combatants in the medieval feudal army

Question 1

Feudal system

Answer 1

The system which made knights had to fight for 40 days in order to keep the land they had been given,

Question 2

Mercenaries

Answer 2

Hired fighters paid by the day for their skills

Question 3

Plunder

Answer 3

Stealing the goods of an army after you have beaten them. Was a way of paying troops

Question 4

Scrutage

Answer 4

Paying a fine which meant that you did not have to go and fight in a war.

Question 5

Assive of arms

Answer 5

This assessed people’s wealth and decided how many troops them have to give to an army. If you had £15 of wealth then you had to give a mounted knight, with horse and armour.

Question 6

Knight’s service

Answer 6

40 days the Knights had to fight for

Question 7

What happened by the end of the medieval period?

Answer 7

Mercenaries became the main method for recruitment