Week 4: Politics and Economics

similar to a county or parish, located within the state

• fief

• vassal

• guild

• politics

the military personnel of the feudal system whose primary function was to protect the lords and nobles, the and, and sometimes the king

• overlord

• serfs

• knight

• trade

the king or lord who owned and parceled out the land

• fief

• overlord

• economics

• sumptuary laws

lowborn peasants at the bottom of the feudal system who worked and farmed the land they live in

• fief

• serfs

• knight

• guild

rules were created about what clothing, shoes, and hats people in each class could wear

• politics

• economics

• sumptuary laws

the lord who received the land from an overlord

• vassal

• overlord

• knight

• guild

focuses on the distribution of power and the relationships that exist between the holders of power

• economics

• politics

• trade

• guild

economics focuses on the availability and distribution of resources in order to meet society's needs

• politics

• economics

• trade

• guild

the buying and selling of goods and services

• politics

• guild

• trade

• vassal

a medieval association of craftsmen or merchants, often having considerable power

• sumptuary laws

• guild

• trade

• fief