Middle Ages/Feudalism

The land given to a knight in exchange for fighting for the nobles and king.

• Obligations/allegiances

• Manors

• Fief

• Vassal

The empire that united Western Europe once again under Charlemagne.

• Middle Ages

• Carolingian Empire

• Manorialism

• monasteries

A political system in which land was owned by kings or lords but held by vassals in return for their loyalty and service.

• Manorialism

• Chivalry

• Fief

• Feudalism

The people who provided food, services, and taxes when demanded.

• Peasants/Serfs

• Lords

• Squire

• Knights

The European economic ($) system during the Middle Ages.

• Feudalism/feudal system

• Medieval

• Manorialism

• Obligations/allegiances

Estates, or large land holdings of nobles in exchange for services to the king

• Charlemagne

• Manors

• Medieval

• Carolingian Empire

Warriors on horseback who were the best fighters and protected the king, lords, and serfs/peasants.

• Lords

• Charlemagne

• William the Conqueror

• Knights

The people who provided money and knights to the king in exchange for land.

• Lords

• Vassal

• Squire

• Knights

A lord who was granted land in exchange for service and loyalty to a greater lord

• Fief

• Squire

• Chivalry

• Vassal

Charles the Great, the emperor who reunited Western Europe and diffused Christianity throughout empire.

• William the Conqueror

• Charlemagne