How well did feudalism establish order in Europe in the Middle Ages?

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  1. 8. The idea that God had given kings the right to rule.
  2. 10. An act done or payment made in meeting the obligations due from a vassal to a feudal lord
  3. 11. Kings and queens, high-ranking nobles, and wealthy lords lived in these grander structures.
  4. 13. Large estates where most lords and wealthier knights lived.
  5. 16. Usually a king, but sometimes a queen, who owned and ruled the land.
  6. 17. Nickname of the Duke of Normandy who defeated Harold at the Battle of Hastings and established a line of Norman kings in England.
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  1. 1. The mounted soldiers of the medieval world and were usually vassals of more powerful lords.
  2. 2. A lord charged peasants to make these payments which included “head money”, tallage, and merchet.
  3. 3. the highest-ranking class in medieval society that included lords and ladies as well as monarchs.
  4. 4. This explosive invention made knights obsolete (no longer effective; outdated).
  5. 5. A person who promised loyalty and homage in exchange for protection.
  6. 6. the economic and political system of medieval Europe in which people exchanged loyalty and labor for a lord's protection
  7. 7. began with the fall of the Roman Empire
  8. 9. Most people in the feudal system belonged to this group. Their job was to work the land.
  9. 12. The medieval knight’s code of ideal behavior, including bravery, loyalty, and respect for women.
  10. 14. Land granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service (land grants).
  11. 15. A peasant who could not leave the lord’s land on which he or she was born and worked (unfree peasant).