Feudelism And Government Flashcards
How much of William’s reign did he spend outside of England?
3\4
What was the order of the feudal system?
Kings
Nobility
Knights
Vassals
What does the king do?
Provides money and army in demand and bestows Land on his many nobles
What do the nobles do to nights?
Give land to nights
What do nobility do they the king?
Provide military and protection on demand
What do the knights do for the vassals?
Give them land
What do the vassals do for the knights?
Give them food and military on demand
What do the knights do for the nobility?
Provide military and protection and loyalty on demand
Give some similarities between the AS feudal system and the Norman one
Freemen had to obey their lord and Earls, bishops and barons shared their lands with people below them in the feudal system
Give some differences between the AS feudal system and the Norman one
With Normans, the church had more land than the king (25% of land to the church and only 20% to the king)
AS Earls only promised loyalty but the barons and bishops had to swear an oath of loyalty
What were tenants in chief?
Barons and bishops
What did tenants on chief give for land? what does this show?
Loyalty and provided a certain number of knights to the king, significance for William as he knows exactly how many knights he’ll have for the year
How did William constantly have military action for battles?
The Norman knights had to each serve at least 40 days unlike AS thegns
How was William sure he had knights?
By 1100 he could call on about 5000 knights and continued to use the fyrd like the AS to make up the rest of the army
When was the domesday book put together?
1085
What was a geld?
Tax levied to pay for something specific like war
What were hides?
Areas of land
What were ploughs?
A machine used in farming to turn soil moved by either man or ox/ a measurement of how much land can be ploughed by ox
What was a hundred?
A subdivision of AS shire which were 100 hides in size
Who was the info in domesday books written by?
Latin scribes
What was the domesday book for?
So the king can find out what he owns and how much money he has and to know the worths e.g. no of animals, hides, fishponds e.t.c
How many knights were there and when?
1086, 20,000 Norman knights with 10,000 Norman settlers in England