Review for Feudalism

Today in class we reviewed for our test by filling out a study guide. Here is what I filled out of my study guide.

Feudalism= A term coined by historians to describe the type of government institutions, as well as the general social and political relationships, that existed among the warrior-landholders in much of Europe during the Middle Ages.

feudal compact= An arrangement  between a lord and his vassal involving the exchange of property for personal service

fief= A grant of land and accompanying government responsibilities and power.

Vassal= knight who pledges allegiance to a lord

Knight= warrior

homage= A vassal’s act of promising loyalty and obedience to his lord

serf= they were bound to the land and to their lords for "labor service" a few days each week

baron= A great lord who exercised government  authority over fast family territory.

Peasantry

estates= In the middle ages, the groups that made up society: often defined as those who pray, those who fight, and those who work

manor= The principal farming property and social unit of a medieval community, usually belonging to a member of the feudal nobility or to a Church institution

three-field-system= A method of crop rotation designed to maintain the fertility of the soil and to provide for a regular supply of fall and spring crops

internal colonization= The process of cultivation and settling in formerly wild land in medieval Europe

suburb= outside of the wall

guild= An organization of merchants or craftspeople who regulated the activities of their members and set standards and prices

master= A craftsman who had the right to operate workshops, train others, and vote on guild business

journeyman= A licensed artisan who had served an apprenticeship and who was employed by a master and paid at a fixed rate per day.

Apprentice= A “learner” in the shop of a master

Masterpiece= what a journeyman must complete before becoming a master in a certain skill

water mill

and yes, iron plow