CHW3M
Origins of Feudalism
Knights and Lords
Oath of Fealty
Financial Obligations
Lord’s Obligations
Lord and Vassal
Fealty to King
Quick Review:
A lord gave land to a knight in return for protection and loyalty
The feudal system was a political and social system. A related system governed medieval economics. This system was called the manorial system because it was built around large estates called manors.
Lords, Peasants, and Serfs
Serfdom
Free People
Rotation
Small Village
Consider:
Lords' farmlands were taken care of, produced food; peasants were provided protection from invaders
England's Edward I is said to have used a fearsome machine, called "Warwolf," to batter his enemies' castle walls into rubble. Historians think Warwolf was a wooden trebuchet, a missile-throwing siege weapon that dominated siege warfare until cannons were invented. In the Scottish countryside, teams build two trebuchet designs side by side, using medieval building techniques. Will either, or both, be capable of destroying a model castle wall at a distance of 200 yards (182 meters)?