how the feudal system works

Question 1

The king

Answer 1

-At the top of hierarchy
-He was the most powerful and demanded obedience in return for protecting his people.
-He needed and army so the feudal system was a way of recruiting soldiers
-The system also brought stability to the kingdom
the King retained and demanded loyalty through oaths

Question 2

The barons/lords

Answer 2

• They held their land in return for providing services to the king.
• The most important service, provide knights for the king’s army.
• They also served as advisors to the King.
• High ranking members of the Church, archbishops and bishops were also tenants-in-chief.

Question 3

Knight/under-tenants

Answer 3

• They provided their fighting skills in return granted land. -The knights were usually lords of manorial estates.
• As many lords held land in different parts of the country, many estates were managed by bailiffs.

Question 4

peasants

Answer 4

• A large class of people at the bottom of the Feudal system.
• They had little power.
• They worked the land for the knights and the tenants-in-chief.
• the army of knights, recruited by the tenants-in-chief, would protect them from threat against invasion.

Question 5

bailiff

Answer 5

tax collector