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Feudalism

By Wyatt Boone and Bryan Guzman. Feudalism. Development of Feudalism. Developed because of invasion. Started in 8th century. Best in 11 th through 13 th century. Began in the Franks kingdom . How Feudalism works. Lords gave land to vassals Vassals would give services

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Feudalism

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  1. By Wyatt Boone and Bryan Guzman Feudalism

  2. Development of Feudalism • Developed because of invasion. • Started in 8th century. • Best in 11th through 13th century. • Began in the Franks kingdom.

  3. How Feudalism works • Lords gave land to vassals • Vassals would give services in return • Had knights to protect land • Vassals bound by Feudal Contract

  4. Payments • Granted fiefs to live on • Provided Military Service • Gave food and coin • Fiefs came with serfs to work

  5. Castles • Lords built castles for defense • Serfs would retreat to castles for protection • High walls, Towers drawbridges, and moats

  6. Social Structure

  7. Knights • Started at age of seven • Training was rough • Fought on horseback • Had heavy armor and shields • Used swords axes and lances

  8. Chivalry • Brave, loyal, and honest • Fight fairly in war • Treat other knights with respect • Protect the weak

  9. Significance • Shaped Europe • Resistance to Monarchy • Chivalry • Architecture • Epic Romance • Courtly literature

  10. Decline • Lower class overthrew nobles • Changed to parliamentary monarchy • Knights replaced by infantry • Bubonic plague

  11. Questions • How was military protection central to life in the middle ages? • What was the relationship between lords and vassals? • Did Feudalism help or hurt Europe?

  12. THE END

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