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SSWH7 The student will analyze European medieval society with regard to culture, politics, society, and economics. a. Explain the manorial system and feudalism; include the status of peasants and feudal monarchies and the importance of Charlemagne. EQ: How was Feudal Society structured? What was the role of knights and women during Feudal times?
Structure of Feudalism in Europe
Monarchs or Kings Became weaker after Charlemagne Remained highest authority Controlled land
Lords and Nobles Lived on Manors in Castles Included power clergy Hunted, defended manor, oversaw
serfs, and settled legal disputes
Knights Trained warriors
who studied warfare from age seven
Followed code of Chivalry
Exchanged military service for fief
Peasants Serfs worked land for the lord. They
could not leave the land. Freemen paid lord for use of land and
could move around
Vassal – a person who received a grant of land from a lord in exchange for a pledge of loyalty and services
Serf – a peasant legally bound to live on a lord’s estate.
King
Nobles
Knights
Peasants or Serfs
Grants
Lands to
Grants
Lands to
Grants
Lands to
Provide food &
services when
demanded
Provide protectio
n and military service
Provide money
and knights
Grants
Grants
Grants Provide
Provide
Provide
The Code of Chivalry Knights were expected to display courage
in battle and loyalty to their lord. By the 1100’s a code of chivalry was
developed to describe these expectations. Primary focus: the knight must fight
bravely in the defense of 3 masters: his feudal lord, his heavenly Lord, and his chosen lady.
Training
By the age of 7 a boy
would be sent off to the
castle of another lord as
a page. As a page, he waited on
his hosts and began to
practice fighting skills. Around age 14 he attained the rank of squire. A squire
acted as a servant to a knight. Around age 21 a squire became a full-fledged knight.
After being dubbed a knight, the new knight would travel for a year or two.
The gained experience fighting in local wars.
They may have taken part in mock battles called tournaments.
Actual warfare was EXTREMELY gory.
Women’s role in Feudal Society Nobel women
Could inherit an estate from her husband With the lord’s approval she could also
send knights to war When the lord was absent, she was
military commander of the castle (she might even fight)
Most of the time noble women were limited to activities in the home or in the convent.
Nobel women held little property because lords passed their fiefs to sons, not daughters.
Peasant Women Performed endless labor around their homes
and in the fields She bore children and took care of them