Feudalism in Europe

TERMS & NAMES 
1. For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance.
• lord - a landowner
• fief - granted land
• vassal - a person receiving land
• knight - horsemen who pledged to defend their lords' lands in exchange for land
• serf - people who could not lawfully leave where they were born
• manor - the lord's estate
• tithe - a church tax
2. What is the main reason feudalism developed? Explain.
The main reason feudalism developed was because their was no strong central government so local leaders had to take charge.
MAIN IDEAS
3. What groups invaded Europe in the 800s?
The Vikings, the Magyars, and the Muslims invaded Europe in the 800s.
4. What obligations did a peasant have to the lord of the manor?
The obligations of a pleasant was to work a fews days each week a certain portion of their grain, taxes on all the grain ground at the lords mill, text on marriage and tax paid to the church
5. What were the three social classes of the feudal system?
The social classes of the feudal system were nobles and knights, men and women of the church, and the peasants.
READING GUIDE
1. Explain the mutual obligations of the feudal system.
The mutual obligations of the feudal system was in exchange for military protection and other services, a lord granted land to a vassal
2. Explain why the feudal system often resulted in complicated alliances.
The feudal system often resulted in complicated alliances because the same noble might be a vassal to many different lords.
3. Describe feudal social classes.
In feudal social class there were three different groups those who fought, those you pray, and those who worked.
4. Explain the mutual obligations between lord and serfs under the manor system.
The mutual obligation between lord and serfs under manor system were that the serfs were guaranteed housing and military protection by a lord in exchange for their service.
5. Explain why the serfs rarely had to leave their manor.
The serfs rarely had to leave their manor because by standing in their fields that could see their hole world.
6. Explain why the serfs accepted their economic hardships.
The serfs accepted their economic hardships because they accepted it as the churched teachings, they believed God determined their place in society. 

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