And this count would be vassal to the duke and the duke would be It to someone else, let's say a count, in whichĬase this would be called a county, and that is where we Of land right over here, this duke might provide They might subdivide further and they would be lord Some of the tax revenue that goes to the king or provides some of the necessities for ![]() That land, providing output, which helps generate Manors that he rules directly over that has his own serfs or free peasants working Now the duke might have his own manor or might even have multiple In medieval England, a duke was the highest title of nobility. Now the terminology here is that the duke would be one of the king's vassals or would be vassal to the king. Region we are in the Middle Ages or it might be in the form of a percentage of the agricultural Provide the king with taxes, which might be in the form of coinage, depending on what time and If the king wants to goĬonquer other territories, same thing, and also The duke will fight alongside the king, would Would provide loyalty, pledge their fealty. So, the king might grant a duchy, a duchy, to a duke, and in exchange, the duke I guess they didn't call it ducky because that justĭoesn't sound as serious. Now, right over here, this is a duchy and a duchy will be controlled by a duke. And the key currency in the Middle Ages under the feudal system is land and land in exchangeįor loyalty and service. That, and to help govern, he might grant land orįiefs to other people. The king come to power, helped him depose the previous Now this is not so easy to govern, especially during the Middle Ages, and the king might owe many people things, especially people who helped Probably familiar with some of the key actors within ![]() With the feudal system, which is how most of Europe was governed during the Middle Ages. ![]() Knights in shining armor and their code of chivalry, with kings and castles Of the Western Roman empire in 476 until we get toĪbout 1,000 years later with the emergence of the Renaissance and the Age of Exploration. That roughly 1,000 year period of time in Europe from the end Donn has an excellent website that includes a section on the Middle Ages.- Talk about in other videos, the Middle Ages refers to View a Powerpoint presentation on Feudalism. ![]() These changes in society would lead to the Renaissance-the rebirth of Europe and the beginning of modern history.ĭownload this lesson as Microsoft Word file or as an Adobe Acrobat file. The introduction of gunpowder and long-range cannons made knights fighting with swords on horseback an outdated form of warfare that was expensive to train and support.Īt about the same time, cities were growing in population for the first time since the fall of the Roman Empire. A terrible disease called the Black Death claimed the lives of millions of Europeans in the fourteenth century, so in many places there were not enough peasants to farm the vast estates. The feudal system proved impractical by the end of the Middle Ages. For centuries, a person’s life was all but guaranteed to be exactly like their parents’ lives. A serf who lived on the manor of a Lord was likely the descendant of a peasant who had served the ancestor of that Lord. Lords often forced families to pay a tax when a member of their household died to compensate for the manor’s loss of labor.Īdvertisement There was very little social mobility, or chance to move upward in status during the Middle Ages. Serfs were encouraged to have many children because a small family might not have enough daylight hours to tend their family plot after their work in the Lord’s fields was complete. Serfs were not allowed to marry without permission from the Lord the family of a serf would have to turn over additional crops when someone wanted to marry and leave the manor. In exchange, serfs were required to work a particular number of days on the lord’s personal fields. The Lord provided the serf and his family a safe place to live and land to grow food. Serfs could not be sold as slaves, but they could not leave their manor without permission from the Lord.
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