Feudalism and the Manor Economy

Many of the early Viking raids were directed against

• castles guarded by knights

• wealthy monasteries

• self-sufficient manors

• fiefs controlled by vassals

Under the feudal system, what did lords grant to their vassals?

• freedom

• money

• loyalty

• fiefs

What was the main goal of the code of chivalry?

• to train sons of nobles how to fight

• to regulate life on the manor

• to teach knights how to behave honorably

• to increase the power of monarch

Which group made up the majority of the medieval European population?

• lords

• knights

• vassals

• peasants

provides money, recruits army, and grands land to lords

• vassals

• king

• knights

• peasant

serve the king, protects serfs & peasants, manage territory, and grant land to knights

• knights

• king

• lords

• serfs

protects the lords and kings

• vassal

• knights

• peasants

• serfs

a fief was an estate granted by a powerful lord to his vassal.

• True

• False

Feudalism was a system of rule where powerful lords divided their lands among lesser peasants.

• True

• False

a vassal is a nobleman who received land from a lord in return for his service

• True

• False