Feudalism

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Feudalism

• Caste System

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Caste System

• Caste, pronounced kast, is a social class which a
  person belongs by birth. Within a caste, most
  people share the same culture or occupation,
  belong to the same religious group or enjoy the
  same level of wealth.

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Principles of Feudalism

• The principles of Feudalism was only aristocrats
  warriors could take part in feudal practices. A
  famous sang of the time was No land without
  lord, and no lord without land. These men who
  took the land were called vassals. They pledged
  their loyalty, and to fight for their lord when
  the time came.

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Feudalism vs. Manorialism

• Feudalism is often confused with manorialisim,
• Manorialism is the system of organizing
  agricultural labor, it refers to the economic
  relationship between the lord of a manor and his
  peasants.
• Feudalism was mainly a military political
  system. Lords gave land in return for military
  loyalty and other services when the time came.

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Church In Europe

• The power of the church became the single great
  force that bound Europe together during the
  feudal period. It became the largest land holder
  in Western Europe in the Middle Ages.

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Kings and Lords

• Under manorialism, a king or lord would grant
  land to a person on certain conditions or in
  return for services other than rent or payment.
  Peasants or tenants worked this land in return
  for safety. A king or lords life centered around
  fighting. He believed that the only honorable
  way to live was a professional warrior. He lived
  in a manor or a castle. In the great hall of the
  castle the king and lords ate, drank, and gambled
  at the firesides.

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Clergy

• The clergy were mostly bishops and other
  high-ranking clergymen, were noblemen who devoted
  their lives to the church. Some of these clergy
  were as wealthy, and as powerful as the greatest
  military lords. They also owned land.

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Peasants

• Peasants had few rights. And were almost at the
  mercy of their lords. They also did whatever
  task the lord demanded them to do such as cutting
  wood, storing grain, or repairing roads and
  bridges. They also had to pay many rents and
  taxes. Peasants lived in crude huts and slept on
  bags filled with straw. They could not hunt or
  fish because the land belonged to their lord.

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Men vs. Women

• Men Medieval men were responsible for farming
  the lords land or if he was of a higher class he
  would begin knight training at age seven and
  continue until he became old enough to serve a
  master of his own one day. Most men entered
  formal service at age 15. Men usually took on
  the trade of their father and served the same
  lord his whole life.

• Women Medieval noblewomen managed large
  households and supervised servants, oversaw
  gardens, attended to clothing and furnishings,
  and entertained guests. Many other women worked
  as cooks and servants, or worked in the pastures
  and fields of large estates.

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End of Manorialism/Feudalism

• The end of Manorialism and Feudalism began to
  decline in the 1200s at the end of the Roman
  empire when trade and industry revived. Large
  family estates in Great Britain and other parts
  of Britain still exist as reminders of feudalism
  and manorialism.