WorksheetsVassals Notes Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What was expected of a vassal in relation to a lord of higher rank?
To pay taxes to the lord
To give loyalty to the lord
To provide military service for the lord
To work the land of the lord
What did a lord provide to a vassal in return for their service?
Land
Protection
Money
Education
Which statement is true regarding nobles and their roles as vassals?
All nobles were vassals to the king, but not lords.
No nobles were vassals to the king.
All nobles were vassals to the king, and therefore a noble was both a lord and a vassal.
Only some nobles were vassals to the king.
Who was not considered a vassal in the feudal system?
The knights
The peasants
The king
The nobles
What was the Act of Homage?
A battle between lords and vassals
A ceremony that made the tie between the lord and the vassal official
A promise made by the lord to the vassal
A law passed to govern the people on a fief
What did the lord give the vassal in return for his loyalty and service?
A new title
A piece of land
A fief
A horse
What additional right was given to the vassal along with a fief?
The right to collect taxes from the lord
The right to govern the people that lived on that fief
The right to declare war on other vassals
The right to build a castle on the fief
What is primogeniture?
The division of a fief among all children
The inheritance of the fief by the youngest son
The inheritance of the fief by the first-born son
The sale of a fief to the highest bidder
What was one of the duties of a lord or noble to his inhabitants during the feudal times?
Provide education
Collect taxes
Offer medical services
Build public roads
How did a lord or noble protect the inhabitants of his fief?
By building walls around the fief
By hiring mercenaries
By having a private army
By forming alliances with other lords
How many days of military service per year were vassals expected to give?
20-30 days
40-60 days
70-80 days
100 days
On what occasions did vassals make payments, known as aid, to the lord?
When the lord's daughter got married, when the lord's son became a knight, and if the lord was captured in battle
When the lord won a battle, during harvest season, and at the new year
When the lord built a new castle, during a famine, and when the lord's daughter had a child
When the lord's son graduated, when the lord's daughter became a queen, and when the lord retired
What were the vassals' options if the lord was captured in battle or held for ransom?
Seek help from another lord
Take over the lord's land
Either pay the ransom or become a prisoner in his place
Abandon the lord and find a new one
What were vassals expected to do when the lord visited them?
Provide military training
Offer gifts of gold
Provide food and entertainment
Pledge more loyalty
What happened to the vassals' obligation of loyalty if the lord ever failed them?
It doubled
It remained unchanged
It was transferred to the king
The vassals no longer owed him their loyalty
