Middle Ages Flashcards
Feudal system
The way the law was organised in the midevil/middle periods.
Middle/midevil Period
The period where there was a king and he ownened everything there was also castles in the midevil period.
Demesne
The Lord gave his land to his followers and kept a quarter of his land for himself.
Vassals
They were the titles that were given to the lords.
Knight
A man who fought battles and protected the Kings and the lords when needed.
Serf
Was a person that lived on the lords land and had to pay rent to the Lord they also worked for the Lord on his/her farms
They also had to ask permission from the lords to leave the land and to marry anyone.
Freedman
A person like a surf accept they were allowed to leave the lords land and marry without the lords permission.
Manor
Was the large house the lords and their surfs/freedmen worked/lived in.
Tithe
They paid the priest with one tenth of their crops.
Commons
All the peasant animals grazed together.
Open-field system
All animals would graze in the same field this would often cause rows.
Fallow
Nothing growing this ment the soil was rested.
Crop rotation
Each year one of the three fields was left fallow with nothing growing.
Pottage
Vegetable soup with pottage.
Bailiff
Person appointed by the Lord to take care of punishments.
