University:
Felician University
Course:
HIST-110 | World Geography and Culture
Academic year:

2022
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290

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11
Author:

SpaceCadet101

Viking Raids Feudalism and the Manor •After breakup of Carolingian Empire, Europe was divided into individual territories The Feudal Order The king has little or no power the nobles had the most power •Political power was local & passed from generation to generation •aristocrats had a place of power The Manorial System/Feudalism is an economic co-dependency Knighthood created to defend feudal powers The Feudal Contract •lords would give the knight or vassal a piece of land (fiefs) and/or money •In return, the knight would fight for his lord •KNIGHTS trained warriors, studied warfare from age of 7 •Wore armor & carried a shield •Fought on horseback •Followed code of chivalry •Exchanged military service for fief (land) Knights would practice their skills in tournaments By the 1100s the knights had a code of conduct called CHIVALRY Be brave, fair, & protect women, children, & clergy Courtly, or Romantic Love Kitchen and workshops residence keep Inner bailey parapet stables drawbridge Ventilation slit stockade motte bailey moat In the early Middle Ages, the Manor House and village cottages were all made out of wood drawbridge moat The idea of “castles” came from crusaders visiting the east – there they saw stronger stone fortifications A Medieval Manor Noblewomen had many duties in warrior society: •advised vassals, managed the household, and took care of agricultural & medical tasks •Women’s right to inheritance were restricted. When her husband died all the property frequently went to the son. Noblewomen in warrior society: •Most did not learn how to read. •A woman was expected to bear many children for her husband. •Most marriages were arranged, generally much younger women to older men who had property. •Women were still effectively the property of their husbands – but gained more freedom in the late Middle Ages: •The church eventually said a women over 15 had to give her consent to a marriage •Widows and noble women with money had began to have some legal rights •Peasant women eventually began working with their husbands in business & trade •The peasants (serfs) needed defense – surrendered themselves & portion of their crops to local lord. •In return, they received protection, use of the mill, wine press, tools, blacksmith, pasture, etc. The peasant slowly became a serf – permanent member of lord’s labor force -tied to the land – if land is sold they go with