The Development of Feudalism in Western Europe CBMS

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  1. 3. The fall of this empire led to the beginning of the Middle Ages.
  2. 7. Most people in the feudal system belonged to this group. Their job was to work the land.
  3. 8. the highest-ranking class in medieval society that included lords and ladies as well as monarchs.
  4. 9. A peasant who could not leave the lord’s land on which he or she was born and worked (unfree peasant).
  5. 12. This historical period began with the fall of the Roman Empire.
  6. 14. An act done or payment made in meeting the obligations due from a vassal to a feudal lord
  7. 15. The economic and political system of medieval Europe in which people exchanged loyalty and labor for a lord's protection
  8. 18. The mounted soldiers of the medieval world and were usually vassals of more powerful lords.
  9. 19. A person who promised loyalty and homage in exchange for protection.
  10. 20. The Middle Ages ended with the beginning of this historical period.
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  1. 1. During the Middle Ages, people were born into a _________ class for life.
  2. 2. The people of western Europe needed tp to protect themselves from conquest by invading _________ and neighboring kingdoms.
  3. 4. Kings and queens, high-ranking nobles, and wealthy lords lived in these grander structures.
  4. 5. In the feudal system, people were bound to one another by promises of ___________ in exchange for land and/or protection.
  5. 6. This became dangerous and difficult after the collapse of the Roman Empire.
  6. 10. Land granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service (land grants).
  7. 11. Usually a king, but sometimes a queen, who owned and ruled the land.
  8. 13. The most powerful rulers were those who controlled the most _________ and had the greatest warriors.
  9. 16. Large estates where most lords and wealthier knights lived.
  10. 17. A lord charged peasants to make these payments which included “head money”, tallage, and merchet.