Feudalism in Medieval Europe

Who gets to live in the Castle on the Feudal Manor?

• Noble/Lord

• Knight

• Peasant/ Serf

• Bolek

This guy has to work the land and lives in a shack on the Feudal Manor.

This guy has to protect the land, and gets paid pretty well to do so.

• Peasant/Serf

• Noble/Lord

• Knight

The life of a peasant/serf was...

• GREAT! Good pay, good hours, no oppression, everyone's happy! Peasants loved Feudalism!

• not bad, but not great. They didn't have wealth, but they were able to make ends meet paycheck to paycheck. They also could vote, but it didn't really matter.

• terrible! Worked for next to no pay, had no access to resources or representation. They lived in shacks!

Who gave the Noble his land and servants?

The land grant given to the Noble is called...

• Fief

• Fief

• Fief

• Its a Fief!

The social structure of Medieval Europe is called...

• Triangle

• Square

• Feudalism

• Rectangle

Do you think that it was fair that some people were born as peasants and some were born as nobles?

• Yeah, I'm cool with inequality.

• I definitely think that was totally unfair!

Did a knight get paid for protecting the land?

• No, they were just like the peasants

• Yes, and some became fairly wealthy

• Yes, but they were dirt poor

Who was the safest on the Feudal Manor?

• The knights because they had all the weapons.

• The peasants because they had pitchforks.

• The Noble because he lived in a huge fortified castle protected by knights.