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    lesser nobility, and knights. They were responsible for handling any threats and fighting that occurred on their lords' lands. In return for their service, these knights, etc. received fiefs. Fiefs are grants of land from a lord. These knights, etc. also became vassals of the lord because when you receive a fief, you swear your allegiance to this lord and become a vassal. Although, there was an error that caused many problems with this system. This error was that knights and vassals could swear

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    A lord would grant land to another noble in exchange for protection and military services. This grant was called a fief. Those who received fiefs were called vassals. Within the fief, the vassal was the highest authority. Fiefs could be various seizes. Some were single estates just big enough for a knight and his family. Others were large, as big as an entire country or province. The vassals promised the lord military

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    (AGG) Have you ever not seen a knight with a sword? That’s because swords were very effective weapon and where very important to a knight. (BS 1) The sword is has many uses and is very import to defending and attacking knight. (BS 2) Feudalism was a very effective economic structure from the middle ages. (BS 3) The sword was necessary to the protection of feudalism. (TS) Feudalism meet everyone’s needs by giving them food and protection for money or hard labor and, The military is created when a

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    Medieval Feudalism

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    Whatever was made on the manor could belong to the Lords for he was charge of the serf and the wealth. Besides from Lords, vassals also gained many things from being in charge of a manor. Vassals ruled over the serfs on his land, which was called a fief and was given to him by the king ("People of

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    service. One of the things they were given was wealth. Knights pledged loyalty and military services to a lord in exchange for clothes, food, a home (sometimes in the castle), other manor -made items, and wealth (Beil 14-15). These gifts were called fiefs. Some knights were given land as

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    Feudal Society Structure

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    feudal society and what purpose did these structures serve? A: The fiefs under feudalism all contained basic structures that were essential in maintaining a fully sustainable community. Some basic structures include water mills, houses, barns, and workshops, all self explanatory. The three most important structures were the church, the manor, and a three field crop rotation complex. The manor was considered the brain of the fief, which provided shelter to the vassals and his staff, as well as a place

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    Feudalism is a lord-vassal relation with a fief or as called land. During this time there were many rulers with violent conflicts. The kind of relationship the two men worked out in practice depended on power, wealth, and personal qualities such as ingenuity, daring, and ruthlessness. To avoid discord and violence, lord and his dependant had to constantly negotiate new agreements to deal with each crisis as it arose. There were three points of evidence that supported the relations on security

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    century, feudalism becomes problematic due to the growth of corruption within the system. The core principles of feudalism begin to fade in exchange for greed. No longer were fiefs expected to repay the king with an army, but instead with cash. Additionally it became increasingly harder to become a fief, as the status of a fief was passed down from family members. While feudalism dissolves into government where the king rules over all and collects taxes in many countries, feudalism remains in multiple

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    economic structure prevailing then became known as Feudalism, a term which has come  to mean, an economic system based on Lordship (ownership) of vast Land (also known  as  the  ‘manor’  or  ‘estate’),  owned  by  a  senior  lord,  who  gave  the  right  of  cultivation  (fief)  to  a  lower  rank  of  people  called  the

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    consisted of a large plot of land given to a vassal by a king or a lord. A vassal was a deputy of the lord and was responsible for making sure that the work on the manor was getting done. He got his manor from a feudal contract that was called the fief which was a pledge to a lord or king that he would be their vassal for life. In exchange for this promise, the vassal got protection from his enemies for life as well as an estate. On the manor there was a manor house where the vassal

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