Feudalism and Manor Life

SERFS are:

• the wealthy nobles who own the manor.

• the armored soldiers who protect the manor and who serve as "police."

• the royal family of a medieval kingdom.

• the farmers, uneducated workers and lowest class of medieval society.

The French lord who spread feudalism to England was known as:

• William

• Harold

• Bayeaux

• Henry

The top of the "social pyramid" in feudal Europe is:

• The King

• The lords.

• the Knights

• The Serfs

A MANOR is:

• land that a Lord gives a knight for good service.

• the small area of land a Lord gives a serf to farm on.

• land a King gives a Lord to control as a gift.

• an area of land used for tournaments between knights.

FEUDALISM is:

• a system of government where the king allows some democracy to exist.

• a series of promises and exchanges between lords, vassals and serfs on a manor.

• the type of government that King Harold of England had before 1066.

• a series of promises where the lord promised freedom for serfs for good work done.

What major history-changing event happened in 1066 AD?

• Charlemagne comes up with the idea of Feudalism in France.

• The Battle of Hastings: the Duke of Normandy conquered England

• The first knights begin protecting manors in medieval France.

• The King of England defeats the Duke of Normandy,

Some obligations that knights had towards their lords were: (choose all that apply)

• Providing $$$ when the lord had an important event going on (ex. a wedding)

• Build a castle for the Lord on his manor.

• Provide food and shelter if the Lord needed it.

• Fight for the Lord when he called upon them to do so.

• Provide land for the Lord to hunt on.

ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE was:

• A powerful woman who ruled her own manor after her husband died and later became queen of France.

• The wife of William the Conqueror; she became the first queen of England after the conquest.

• A serf girl who led a rebellion against her unfair lord.

• The wife of King Harold Godwinson of England.

A fabulous tapestry that depicted the events of the conquest of England is called the:

• Bayeux Tapestry

• Godwinson Tapestry

• Normandy Tapestry

• Aquitaine Tapestry

CHIVALRY was:

• a system of promises and duties between a lord, vassals and serfs on a manor.

• a type of artwork that consisted of weaving cloth into pictures; a wall hanging.

• a system where Kings gave land to Lords as a reward for good service or deeds.

• a code of honor that medieval knights were expected to follow.