Feudalism PART 2 Flashcards
what did william make his supporters and allies
- tenants
- gave them land
- expected to be loyal to King and supply military supplies and forces when needed
how did the new feudal system provide William with control,
- as all land as with him if a tenant in chief upset him William could remove all of their land and control-
- act of taking away land was called forfeiture
Anglo Saxon feudal system
key features
- king receives land from earls
- witan
- earls - very large landowners and ran administrations of country
- thegns- peasant workers who could own land in village s
- ceaorl- a freeman
- cottars and serfs - worked in fields tied to Lords estate
Norman feudal system key features
- king- control of all of the land
- bishops- controlled 25% of land as tenants in chief
- barons- granted land via subienfeudation from King
- knights- provide military service to king
- peasants and villeins - worked for lord
subienfeudation
-process in which tenants could reward their own followers with smaller grants of land
homage
-to control inheritance process in England William could extract parts of inheritance and made everyone and their families dependent on him
scutage
-tax knights could pay to avoid military service
who made up Norman aristocracy
-knights and barons
fiscal feudalism
-system in which land was given by King in return for oaths of fealty payed with military service
similarities between Norman and anglo Saxon feudal system
- king at the top
- both have peasants
- land is very important in both
- you work for the person above you
differences between anglo Saxon and Norman feudal system
- king had total control of land and distribute sit in Norman whereas anglo Saxon king receives land from earls
- norman barons have to provide military supplies or service to king for land and in anglo Saxon they already own it
- norman power shared out as earldoms reduces
what were Norman barons given from William
- land (a ‘fief’)
domesday book 1086 states
- church controls
- William controls
- rest
- church = 25% of land
- William family = 25% of land
- 50% was held by 180 norma barons and out of this 10 most powerful held Half of the land
what did barons give to knights
-barons gave food and shelter to knights and knights gave loyalty and military service in return
what did knights give to peasants
-knighst gave peasants food protection and shelter in return for work on fields and military service as fyrd
