Chapter 7.2: Feudalism and the Manor Economy

A political and social system based on the granting of land in exchange for loyalty, military assistance, and other services.

• Feudalism

• The Manor System

• Chivalry

• Tournaments

A person who is given land in exchange for a pledge of loyalty and military support.

• fief

• vassal

• serf

• knight

An official exchange of pledges between a lord and his vassal.

• serf

• a fief

• a feudal contract

• feudalism

Higher Lords divided their lands into estates and gave out these land grants called

• fiefs

• serfs

• vassals

• knights

Mounted warriors who protected lord’s lands. They were given land for their services.

• noblewomen

• peasants

• knights

• serfs

These were mock battles that combined recreation and combat training. They were fierce and bloody competitions which became a form of entertainment for spectators.

• gladiator games

• tournaments

• chess

• embroidery

This code of conduct and ethics followed by knights.

• Tournaments

• Feudal Contrats

• Chivalry

• The Code and Conduct for Ladies

Which of the following is NOT part of a knights code of chivalry?

• "To serve your lord in valor and faith"

• "To protect the weak and defenseless"

• "To respect and honor women"

• "To act cowardly and flee in a dangerous fight"

A large self-sufficient estate, which was the economic system in the Middle Ages. The Manor included a village and the land surrounding it.

• Feudalism

• The Manor System

• Castles

• Medieval towns

Peasants who were bound to the land and were not free to leave on their own. They worked the lord's land in exchange for land and protection.

• slaves

• free peasants

• merchants

• serfs