Feudalism Project
By: Asia Evans
Ny'kssia Robertson
Megan Gravley
Timothy Taylor
Introduction To Feudalism
Feudalism started in Europe because of they needed a
way to pull society back together after the Roman
Empire fell down in the West. Feudalism started on
older traditions of Germanic peoples to create order out
of the trouble that followed the end of the Western
Roman Empire.
Peasants
A peasant is a member of a traditional
class of farmers, either laborers or
owners of small farms.In the Middle Ages
Under Feudilsm. In Europe, peasants
were divided into three classes according
to their personal status: slave, serf, and
freeman. Peasants were fairly poor.
According to law peasants worked to on
land and the serf allowed them to own a
small piece of land.
Knights
In the middle ages, the term knight
meant a mounted and armoured
soldier. Originally, knights were
soldier on horse-back, but the title
became connected to nobility and
social status. Knighthood
eventually became a formal title
given to those noblemen trained for
active war duty.
Vassal
Vassals in the middle ages were those who
held the land,called a fief,and owned service to
the lord who gave that land.
The vassal was usually a knight or a baron but
could also be trusted member of nobility.
Vassals in the middle ages were an important
part of feudalism,which was the system of
government throughout Europe in the middle
ages.
The word vassal is believed to have been copied
from the Medieval Latin.
Nobles
The peasants people were given
protection.The nobles offered this
protection through the use of
Knights, who most often were the
sons of the nobles.No the nobles
ate rich and and fancy food
prepared by the servant.Durning
the time period of the Middle Ages
the nobles libed well they was not
rich but still lived good durning the
time.
King
The king was in complete control over
the feudal system. He owned all the land
and would decide who he would give it
to. He didn't have to farm he had the
peasants farm for him and In return he
would let them keep some of what they
farmed. The king was living well in this
time period he was the richest and he
never ,went hungry. Large stone castles
were built not only to defend the country
from foreign intruders but as saving
power to the king and nobles.
Feudalism Pyramid