Feudalism

Why was there a need for a new social and political structure?

• The population of Europe was increasing.

• No one wanted to follow a king anymore.

• People did not want to practice Christianity anymore.

• Wars were on the rise in Europe.

Who controlled the land and the social structure?

• knights

• lords

• kings

• serfs

This was a system of government in which land is exchanged for loyalty and services.

• monarchy

• republic

• feudalism

• manoralism

Who controlled the land given by the king?

• peasants

• serfs

• knights

• lords

These were soldiers who served the king or other ruler

• knights

• lords

• nobility

• serfs

A person who receives land from a ruler and in return promises to fight for the ruler

• knight

• serf

• lord

• vassal

A plot of land exchanged for loyalty to a ruler

• king

• knight

• fief

• lord