Worldviews- Renaissance - Chapter 1

The system of political organization during the Middle Ages in which the lord owned the land and all the others served him.

• Feudalism

• Tithe

• Hierarchy

• Sumptuary Laws

A portion of crops or percentage of earnings paid to the church.

• Feudalism

• Tithe

• Hierarchy

• Sumptuary Laws

A social system in which status is ranked, and power is concentrated in the higher ranks.

• Feudalism

• Tithe

• Hierarchy

• Sumptuary Laws

Laws that controlled consumption or how people spent their money.

• Feudalism

• Tithe

• Hierarchy

• Sumptuary Laws

Peasants who rented land or worked for pay.

• Allegiance

• Manors

• Hierarchy

• Freeman

A piece of land, sometimes called a fief. Peasants who rented land or worked for pay.

• Allegiance

• Manors

• Hierarchy

• Freeman

Loyalty

• Allegiance

• Manors

• Hierarchy

• Freeman

A person who has learned a trade and joined a guild.

• Allegiance

• Manors

• Journeymen

• Freeman

Peasants who worked the land for the lord and were not allowed to leave the manor without the lord’s permission.

• Allegiance

• Manors

• Journeymen

• Serfs

Buildings and lands in which monks lived and carried out their religious duties.

• Monastery

• Manors

• Journeymen

• Serfs