Topic: ​Feudalism and the Manor System
Unit: ​____________________________
EQ: ​How did feudalism provide people with a stable social order in Medieval Europe?
I.
● Define Feudalism:
Feudalis
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m
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○ One guy owns _______ and _______ on it.
○ Each group had _________ ________ to complete.
The Feudal System
Why This System?
● No ________ Empire = no _________ ________
○ No _______ = ______________
● People willingly (usually) gave up their land to be ________________.
● It was all about survival.
● People turned to __________ for ____________.
● Landowners hired ____________ to protect the _____________ who
agreed to work for ______________.
○ Divided Europe
● The ________ system was a ___________ and _________ system. A
related system governed medieval ____________.
II. The
Manor
System
Watch the video and write down 3 facts your learned
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A large _________ owned by a ________ or ______ was called a
________.
○ _________________
○ ____________
○ ____________
○ ____________
● Medieval ________ kept ________ to _______ of the land for
themselves.
● The rest was divided among _____________ and __________, workers
who were tied to the land on which they lived.
This system was called the ​__________ _________​because it was built
around large estates called manors.
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• Manors owned by
_______ _____,
_________
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• Most peasants on
farm were ​serfs​, tied
to manor
• Manors had some
free people who
_________land from
lord
• Peasants farmed
manor fields
• Were given
protection, plots of
land to _________ for
selves
• But could not leave,
or ________ without
lord’s permission
• Others included
landowning peasants,
skilled workers like
____________
• Also had a priest for
_____________
______
A Typical Manor
• Middle Ages farmers learned that leaving field empty for year
____________ soil
• In time, practice developed into _____________crop ___________
system.
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• One field planted in _________ for
________ harvest
• Another field planted in
_________for _________ harvest
• Third field remained ___________
for a year
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• Each manor included _______
house for ________ family,
________ for peasants, serfs
• Goal to make manor
_________________
• Typical manor also included
_________, mill, _____________.
Farming
• Farmers did not know how to _________ the soil by the use of
____________ .
– Each year they ___________ two-thirds of the land
– The other ________ lie "​___________" ​(uncultivated), to recover
– Changed the crops they grew in each field- ​crop rotation​.
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Manor lands were therefore farmed using the_________________ system
of _________________.
– One field was devoted to ____________ crops, another to
_________ crops, and a third lying ______________each year. The
land was worked by _____________.
Year
North Field
West Field
South Field
1
Barley
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2
________________
Barley
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_
3
________________
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_
Barley
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_____________ ​meant that __________ had to work together.
– A whole field would be ________ and ____________
– each___________ worked closely with his ___________ to get his
work done.
•
Peasants and serfs collected wood from the ___________
– their animals grazed on the common lands
– fish could be collected from the river, which was also used for
____________ and __________.
Peasant/ Serf Homes
• ___________(villagers, peasants, and serfs) would live in
_________-houses.
•
Their house would have a small _________ where vegetables could be
grown.
•
They usually built their own house, and had very few _____________.
– some animals like pigs, sheep, cows and chickens.
•
Peasant homes were rarely more than _______ or _______ rooms
•
The houses had __________ roofs and were easily destroyed.
•
Most medieval homes were ______, __________, and _______.
•
Windows were very small openings with _________ _________ that were
closed at night or in bad weather.
•
The small size of the windows allowed those inside to see out, but kept
outsiders from looking in.
Peasants Daily Life
• A _________ diet was very different to ours. It ______ _____ change
much.
•
There were no ___________, so meat was _______ or _______ to keep it
_______.
– Spices were used to _______ the taste of _________ meat.
– Poor families often went hungry.
– ______ ______ in every ______would ______ before turning one
because there was often ________________.
Manor House
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The Manor House was the __________of the lord of the Manor.
It differed from ________ in that it was not built for the primary purpose of
________or ________.
The Manor House varied in _______, according to the _________ of the
lord but generally consisted of:
–
____________
–
__________
–
kitchen
–
storerooms
–
_____________
Sometimes it included a ___________ around it for ____________.
Other Important parts of a Manor
• _________ for worship (remember most people were
___________________)
• _______ – for raising _________
• ___________– for wood and the lord or kings__________.
• River or stream – allows fresh water for drinking, washing, and watering
fields.
Highlight and rewrite 5 main points that answer the essential question. Then
write your answer below in a 6-7 sentence paragraph.
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