CHAPTER 12:SECTION2:FEUDALIS

MAND THE MANOR SYSTEM

N3lsonWorld History

Period 5

A. The Viking Invasion of Europe Main Idea

The Viking invasion in the ninth through the eleventh centuries resulted in the settlement of Normandy and the Norman conquest of England

A. The Viking Invasion of Europe The Crisis of Power in

England This was the first

settlement in the region that would be called Normandy.

As the Norman rulers became stronger they set out to expand their power.

During his reign Edward had established close ties with the Normans.

A. The Viking Invasion of Europe The Norman Conquest

An unhappy William of Normandy invaded England in October 1066.

William marched next to London where the undefended nobles were ready to submit to his rules

The victory of William's army over the English is known as the Norman Conquest.

B.Feudalism Main Idea

Feudalism benefited both lords and peasant while technology improve their lives

B.Feudalism Land Grant and Service

In a feudal society a king might grant a large parcel of land called a manor to a lord or knight.

Both the lord and his vassal had an obligation to one a another.

In this case a vassal often had one liege lord, or primary lord, to whom he owed first service.

B.Feudalism Knighthood

In the early middle ages the lord of a manor was by definition a noble and a knight

He also had to feed, clothe, and provide horses for the servants who traveled with to war

Knight were supposed to be brave and honest.

B.Feudalism Importance of castles

Kings and lords built great castles with high strong walls to protect themselves and their families.

There were also areas where horses and weapon were kept.

Castles were often located in key places that were important to trade or travel

B.Feudalism Women in the middle

agesDuring the middle ages

the legal status for all women was below that of men

The daily life of women depended in large part of their social status.

Ladies of the manor were usually responsible for running the household

C.The Economics OF Feudalism Main Idea

Feudal societies brought safety to Europe and a new class of nobility.

C.The Economic of Feudalism Peasants

Some peasants were free to move from place to place as they whished but most were serfs.

Serfs were peasants who were legally bound to the land of the manor where they worked.

Serfs paid rent usually In the form of food produced and agreed to work three day a week in the lords fields.

C. The Economic of Feudalism Technology Brings

Improvement in farmingBy the eleventh century

life in Europe had improved somewhat.

People generally had plenty of food and were not being killed in battle.

The lords had to extend new privileges or remove some of the heavier burden from their peasant worker