Feudalism

This group invaded western Europe during the 9th and 10th centuries.

Nobles offered protection and land in return for protection.

The very top of society.

• Knights

• Farmers

• Nobles

• Monarch

The very bottom of society.

• peasants/serfs

• merchants/farmers

• knights/vassals

• pope/church

A grant of land made to a vassal.

True or False: Vassals could have vassals.

• True

• False

The ideal of civilized behavior.

Could women legally own property?

• Yes

• No

The unwritten rules that determined the relationship between a lord and his vassal.

Mother of King Richard I and King John.