Feudalism

Views:
 
Category: Education
     
 

Presentation Description

No description available.

Comments

Presentation Transcript

Feudalism : 

Feudalism

Vikings : 

Vikings Scandinavia – modern day Denmark, Norway, and Sweden Called Norsemen or Northmen Worship warlike gods Leif Erikson – reached North American around 1000 Raided villages and monasteries As Vikings began to accept Christianity, monastery raiding ended Warming climate change made farming easier in Scandinavia

Magyars : 

Magyars Nomadic peoples from modern day Hungary Excellent horse riders Attacked villages and monasteries Want captives to sell as slaves

Muslims : 

Muslims Move into Mediterranean coastal regions such as Spain and Italy because they were excellent on sea Initially want land to settle on but begin to attack and raid

Feudalism Begins : 

Feudalism Begins Rollo vs. Charles the Simple Rollo – head of Viking army Charles the Simple – King of France with very little power Rollo & Vikings attack and raid Seine River Valley Charles grants him a huge piece of French land in return for a pledge of loyalty Land becomes known as Northmen’s land or Normandy

Feudalism : 

Feudalism Political system in which nobles were granted the use of land that legally belonged to the king in return for loyalty and military service for the king Lord – landowner granting land Fief – land being granted Vassal – person receiving the fief

Social Order: Feudal Pyramid : 

Social Order: Feudal Pyramid Vassal – Wealthy landowners Bishops Nobles Knights – Mounted horsemen Pledged to defend lord’s land in exchange for fief

Social Class : 

Social Class Status – social ranking Nobles & Knights People of the Church Peasants Most peasants were serfs People who could not lawfully leave the place they were born Bound to the land Not slaves – Could not be bought or sold What they produced went to the lord Born into your social class

Economics: Manors : 

Economics: Manors Manor – lord’s estate Basic economic arrangement Rested on the rights and obligations between a lord and his serfs Lord provides the serf with housing, farmland, and protection from bandits Serf tends the lord’s land, take care of his animals, and other tasks to maintain manor All peasants owed the lord a few days of labor each week and part of their grain

Economics: Manor Life : 

Economics: Manor Life Peasants pay a tax to use the mill Turn grain into bread Peasants pay a tax on marriage Weddings only occurred with the lord’s consent Tithe – church tax Peasants paid 1/10th of their income

Ecomonics: Manor Life : 

Ecomonics: Manor Life Peasants rarely travel Manor was usually a few square miles 15-30 families lived in a village on a manor Self-sufficient – peasants raised or produced all they needed for daily life

Living Conditions : 

Living Conditions Serfs live in crowded cottages Cottages close together Usually made of 1 room; sometimes 2 Dirt floor Slept on a pile of straw Diet consists of vegetables, coarse brown bread, grain, cheese, and soup Life consists around working Average life expectancy was 35 Believed God determined their place in society as serfs