Feudal system

Free history worksheets. Aimed at Primary/KS3/KS4/ & AS/A2 students. Created for the UK national curriculum however used across the globe.

Serf: an agricultural laborer under the feudal system that works on his lord's estate.

“Fashion is a form of imitation and so of social equalisation, but paradoxically, in changing incessantly, it differentiates one time from another and one social stratum from other. It unites those…

vassal: in medieval Europe, a lord who was granted land in exchange for service and loyalty to a greater lord

Medieval Siege

In England, feudalism is topped off with a monarch. In the “feudal pyramid” the king sits at the top of society and the levels of society under the king are nobles, knights, and serfs/peasants (Gan…

Feudalism pyramid

Feudalism itself is a social system during the Middle Ages in which the nobility held land from the king in exchange for their military services. Vassals were in turn tenants for the nobles and the peasants or serfs were obligated to live on their lords land and give him homage, and a share of the produce in exchange for military protection.

I love the rogue. I kinda understand the pyramid, but I also don’t. If the peasants are farming the land (and are entitled to some of the produce, however small), how are the vassals giving them food?

When we think of the Middle Ages, we usually think of knights and kings in castles. However, it’s estimated that around 85% of Europe’s population in Medieval times were actually peasants. Now, this doesn’t mean that they were all necessarily dirt poor and living in mud huts. The peasantry class…

Feudal Contract: exchange of pledge between lords and vassals.

know about medieval feudal hierarchy.Medieval feudal hierarchy or the feudal system was organized in the form an inverted tree structure or what we call as a hierarchical structure.

The Feudal Society in Medieval Europe (by Simeon Netchev) - An illustration depicting the strict hierarchical structure of the societies of Western Europe in the Middle Ages (c.10th-13th century) based on a tenement-based distribution of the land into units or "fiefs." During a period commonly known as Feudalism , the Crown owned all of the Realm (except ...

Social Classes- Mayan social structure was rigidly divided between nobles, commoners, serfs, and slaves. The noble class was complex and specialized. Noble status and the occupation in which a noble served were passed on through elite family lineages.

Explaining the Feudal System can be difficult and, well, futile, if you don’t add some life to it, when teaching kids. I’ll be teaching the second half of Story of the World, Volume 2 …

The Castle keep was one of the most important parts of a medieval castle, it was usually located in a safe area, commonly in a central location on the castle

Wonderful Wednesdays Week 2 -Excellent information about feudal system