5.5 Feudalism and the Manorial System

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5.5 Feudalism and the Manorial System

5.5 Feudalism and the Manorial System

How did lords rule over their kingdoms by using the feudal system?

What is the manorial system?

Who or what are vassals?

1. Ships
2. Loyal followers of a lord with special rights
3. Another name for the rulers
4. Buildings seperated from the outside by a wall

Lords and Vassals - Repeat

• Lords is the term used for rulers, such as kings
  
• Named their most loyal soldiers vassals 
• Benefits for lord: they fight for him and gave respect
• Benefits for vassals: closer to lord; different jobs based on loyalty

Loyal followers of a lord with special rights

Feudalism

• Frankish lords ruled over large parts of land
• Couldn't get to all parts - so no protection of borders or uprisings
• Would give his most trusted vassals land as fief
• They got to rule over this land in name of the lord

Pledging fealty

• In order to get land as fief you had to:
• Pledge fealty to the lord (promising loyalty)
•  Pay taxes
• Provide military support
• Rule over his fief and administer justice

Vassals without land

• Some vassals didn't hold land
• Lived in court of their lord
• Military specialists - would practice sword fighting on horseback
• German word = knecht = knight

1. The feudal system had many advantages for both the
king and his nobles.

How did the king profit from this system?

2. How did the nobles profit from the feudal system?

4. Some vassals decided to become military specialists.

How are these vassals called?

1. Peasents
2. Serfs
3. Knights
4. Nobels

5a. True or False?

Knights had important governing positions.

1. True
2. False

5c. Knights usually lived in their own castles.

1. True
2. False

Manorial System

• Landowners managed their land by the manorial system
• A manor = a large piece or adjoining land
• Two parts, one for lord and vassals, one for farmers
• The lord's house is called the domain

Serfs

• Farmers that lived on the manor
• Bound to the land = weren't allowed to leave without permission
• Got protection from the lord

Samen op het domein

• Mensen gingen samen wonen in kleine dorpjes met daarom heen landbouwgrond
• Een persoon, de heer, was verantwoordelijk voor de bescherming

The lord

The farmers

(serfs)

Provided protection

Works on the land of the lord

Paid rent in way of 

part of their harvest

Services for their lord

6. Travelling was quite dangerous in the Early Middle Ages. Who had to travel more: Free
farmers or serfs? Explain your answer.

7. Use the source.
How did the lord of the manor profit from
this system?

8. How did the serfs who lived on the manor
profit from this system?

A

A