Medieval Society

fall of the Greek Empire and the beginning of the Renaissance.

fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the Renaissance.

fall of the Greek Empire and the beginning of the Roman Empire.

fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning of modern-day society.

There was frequent warfare between lords and vassals.

Technology and scientific knowledge ceased to advance.

There was no centralized power during the early Middle Ages.

Charlemagne united several smaller kingdoms into an empire.

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Lords who ruled large fiefs could get as much or more power than their king.

Peasants worked the land for their lord.

Lords sometimes granted land to knights.

All nobles were men.

The people living on these estates formed a self-sufficient community.

Manorialism economically supported the aristocrats.

Peasants and serfs lived in good conditions because of this system.

The peasants did most of the work needed on the manor.