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The Feudal System

General

Question:

How many levels are there in a feudal system?


Answer:

Four levels.



Question:

When did France first start using the Feudal System?


Answer:

In about 900AD.



Question:

How much land does the king keep for his personal property?


Answer:

One quarter.



Question:

Who owns all of the land in a Feudal System?


Answer:

The King.



Question:

What are the three ways a king distributes his land?


Answer:
  1. One quarter is keep as personal property.
  2. Some is given the church.
  3. The rest is leased out.


Peasants

Question:

What is a Serf?


Answer:

Another name for a peasant.



Question:

What did Peasants have to do if they wanted to get married?


Answer:

Ask permission from the knights.



Question:

What rights did peasants have?


Answer:

Peasants had no rights.



Question:

When were Peasants allowed to leave the Manor?


Answer:

Never.



Question:

How much money did Peasants receive when working for the Knights?


Answer:

None. They provided free labor. 



Knights

Question:

Who leased land to the Barons?


Answer:

The King.



Question:

How much land could Knights keep for themselves?


Answer:

As much as they wished.



Question:

Who did the Knights distribute land to?


Answer:

The Peasants.



Question:

What could the King command the Knights to do?


Answer:

Provide military service.



Question:

What three things did the Knights have protect in return for land?


Answer:
  1. The Baron
  2. The Baron's family
  3. The manor


Barons

Question:

Who did the barons less land to?


Answer:

The Knights. 



Question:

What does lodging mean?


Answer:

A place where someone lives or stays.



Question:

Who set the taxes the barons paid and received?


Answer:

The barons set their own taxes.



Question:

What is manor?


Answer:

The land barons leased from the king.



Question:

What role did Barons play during war?


Answer:

Barons provided knights for military service when demanded.



Kings

Question:

Who does the King grant land to?


Answer:

Barons



Question:

What is an oath?


Answer:

A solemn promise or commitment.



Question:

What do barons provide to the king?


Answer:

Money and Knights



Question:

What restrictions did the King place on the land he leased to the barons?


Answer:

None. Barons had complete control of the land.



Question:

What did Barons swear to when they leased land from the King?


Answer:

To remain faithful to the King at all times.