Feudalism Project

FEUDALISM

A social system class during The Middle Ages in Europe between the 9th and 15th centuries. It was a combination of legal and military customs. There are four classes in the system:Kings,Nobles,Knights, and Peasants.

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THE KING(MONARCH)
The King ruled the whole kingdom and owned all the land in the country except the church. It had control of the assets. The nobles had to make a deal with the King before taking up the granted land, that they must stay true and faithful to the King. If they did not listen, the granted land would be withdraw to another noble. The King was the highest level in the social system. The King lived in the castle.


LORDS(NOBLES)
The lords were the second highest level in the social system. They were given responsibilities by the King. If they were true to the King, they would be granted a land. On that land, they grew crops, and were able to keep some of the crops to their selves. They would sell the crops for profit and were able to keep that profit. Although they had to pay their taxes and rents.

KNIGHTS
The knights were the second to last class of the system. They were also given granted land by the barons, but in return, they were to provide military service to the King. They are suppose to protect the nobles during battles and wars. The knights were worn chain mail(made from metal chains). Their main job was to keep the King protected. In all,they were paid pretty well.

PEASANT(SERFS)
The peasants were the last class in the social system. They were granted land by the knights.90% of the Medieval Europe were peasants. They were ordinary villagers. They were given to farm the land and do other jobs that were requested by the lords. They were not allowed to leave the manor without permission, or get married either without the Lord's permission. In all,they were the poorest class in the system.

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PARAGRAPH:
     On Friday in our social studies class, we were given a Feudal activity. Everyone was given to be a lord,knight,peasant,and only one person was the king. I was given to be a knight. The knights had to go to each fiefdom and ask for a job. We didn't actually have real fiefdom. They were just four chairs. Three of the chairs were down, and one of them was standing up, which that was where the lord would sit at. The lord had to give us knights a token if we were accepted to one. Our job was to protect the lord from the barbarian. We took a long yarn and that was suppose to be our border, and took the chair and surrounded it making sure the lord was in between the chairs and staying protected. The barbarian started to attack. Of course, it wasn't real so he used crumbled paper. We were given a book and that was our weapon. The book was used to block the crumbled paper from hitting us. If it hits us, we are dead. I didn't really care about the lord and I only worried about myself so the lord and I died. In all, the Feudal activity was really fun. I learned a lot, before researching for my Feudalism project.