this is what we did in class today:
Feudalism- the legal and social system that evolved in W
Europe in the 8th and 9th centuries, in which vassals were protected and
maintained by their lords, usually through the granting of fiefs, and were
required to serve under them in war(relationship between landowners and warriors)
feudal compact- the
agreement between the knight and lord in which the knight inherits a fief for
pledging allegiance to the lord
fief- land granted to knights by
the lords
vassal- servant of a lord who pledges
loyalty
knight- one who pledges allegiance to
a lord and defends his land
homage- the gratitude a knight pays to
his lord
serf- a laborer of the land(bottom
of social ladder)
baron-lord of a large territory who
pays homage t o a king
peasantry- those who
farmed the land of manors owned by the lords
estates- clergy, nobility, common people
manor-land owned by the lords
three-field-system- a system
practiced in order to not over-use land by switching between three fields
internal colonization- cultivating
and settling previously uninhabited land
suburb- the land outside of the wall
guild- a group of people who
practiced a job
master- the highest ranking artisans
of a practice
journeyman- the rank in
a guild that gets payed to do their work but is not yet a master
apprentice- an artisan
level below journeyman
masterpiece- a piece created
by an journeyman approved by a master making him a master
water mill- a water
powered mill that grinds flower or wheat
and yes, iron plow-were
invented and water-powered grinding mills helped with agriculture
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