European Feudalism Notes

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Because it allowed people to grow food and build homes

Because it was used as a reward for loyalty and service, giving control and authority to those who owned it

Because it was the only form of wealth recognized by kings

Because it was easy to defend against invaders

serf → knight → noble → monarch

serf → noble → knight → monarch

knight → noble → serf → monarch

serf → monarch → knight → noble

A system where peasants owned their own land and farmed independently.

A system where the lord farmed all the land himself.

A system where the manor's arable land was divided into three large fields, with peasants farming a strip in each field.

A system where only one crop was grown on the entire manor each year.

Owning the land

Settling disputes and administering justice

Farming the land personally

Providing protection to peasants

Rise of towns and trade

Peasant uprisings

Crop rotation

Black Death

Knights

Peasants

Kings & Queens

Serfs