Feudalism Vocab Flashcards
A person whose main role is to sit there as an icon more than anything else
King
The main ruler, main leader
Lord/Noble
Protects the Manor
Knight
Slightly higher class than surfs, provides for the Manor
Peasant
Lowest class, forced to produce for the manor (farm) can buy themselves freedom
Serf
A system in which all people report to a higher power
Manorial System
An oath of loyalty
Fief
A town or village in the feudal world, life revolved around it
Manor
All knights must follow this code, if they break it they lose their honor
Code of Chivalry
When they wouldn’t plant anything in a field
Fallow
this was caused by the kings taking power back, towns and cities, money becoming popular, and crusades.
Decline of feudalism
A document simalar to the declorartioin of independace.
Magna Carta
Similar to Athens or Sparta
Nation states
