Feudalism

1. someone who promised loyalty and service to a lord in exchange for land or protection.
6. a system where land is exchanged for service and loyalty.
7. the piece of land granted by a lord to a vassal.
9. the part of the manor land kept by the lord for personal use.
11. an organization of merchants or artisans in a town that regulated trade and quality.

2. a person who owned land (a noble) and granted use of parts of it to others.
3. the formal ceremony where a vassal pledged service to a lord.
4. a laborer bound to the land who worked on a manor; not free but not a slave.
5. a tax, often one-tenth of a person’s produce, paid to the Church.
7. the pledge of loyalty a vassal made to a lord.
8. a mounted warrior who served a lord in battle and followed a code of conduct.
10. a large estate owned by a lord that included farmland, villages, and peasants.