Chapter 6 Daily Life in Feudal Europe

  1. Feudal Europe
  1. After the victory at the blood-soaked field of the Battle of ______went to William the Conqueror, life in England changed for many.
  2. William planned to rule in ______, using the system of ______that was already in place in France.
  3. Vassals paid ______or showed honor, to their lords. The work homage comes from the French word for “man.” the vassal was to be the lord’s man in body, mind, and spirit.
  4. In 1066, feudalism was not fully developed in ______and William wanted to change this.
  5. William ordered a survey to be taken of the______of every bit of land in land. The results of the survey were written in The ______, which became a valuable source of information for the king’s tax agents.
  6. Then William distributed the land as ______to his Norman followers.
  1. Life in the Country
  1. William and his Norman lords built fortified ______on their fiefs all over the island kingdom of England.
  2. By 1100, several hundred castles had been built throughout the countryside. These Norman ______helped to shape the lives of the kings, lords, and knights who made up the ______.
  1. Nobles
  1. For the lord of the fief, a castle might be home. For others who lived on his land, it was both a center for ______and a place of ______during battle.
  2. A ______castle was usually built at the top of a hill and surrounded by a deep ______, or moat. The Norman castle was build for security not ______.
  1. Life in a Castle
  1. The lord and lady of the castle usually slept behind a curtain in the ______. Also sleeping in the hall might be a small mob of knights, guests, servants, and dogs. The floor was covered with herbs to keep down the smell of bones and other refuse.
  2. Life in a castle was far from ______. The knight was often the ______younger son of a lord’s ______. The lord provided the knight with food, lodging, armor, and a horse in exchange for his services.
  3. But between wars the castle’s knights fought among ______or bullied the ______unless the lord of the castle kept an eye on them.
  4. The lady of the castle had very little power, except over female servants. Medieval women were supposed to be ______to their husbands and fathers, just as vassals were subject to their lords.
  5. When their husbands were at war, women took over the ______, the entire castle and entire estate.
  1. Peasants
  1. The lord’s castle might be a cold, ______. But the peasants, or ______, who lived in the village n the lord’s estate, had even less comfortable homes.
  2. They typically lived with their ______in a hut with a straw roof which helped to ______the hut.
  3. Peasants worked hard on land they did not own by ______. The women produced food and clothing for her own ______.
  1. Clergy
  1. The influence of the clergy- from pope, archbishop and bishops to priests, monks, and nuns-extended to every part of medieval life.
  2. Most medieval manors included a small ______. From baptism to marriage to burial, the ______of the church guided the lives of medieval men and women.
  3. People saw their life on earth as a brief ______for the eternal life to come. They believed only a few would spend ______in heaven. Many sinners, people believed, would spend eternity in the flames of hell.
  4. The power to ______or to forgive sinners made the church a considerable force.
  5. Many people joined the church to acquire ______and ______.

Draw the Pyramid Below:

  1. The Monastery
  1. Thousands of monks, nun, and servants also lived and worked in large stone ______.
  2. A monastery was a complex ______with many different buildings-granaries, breweries, bakeries, with huge ovens, wineries, and the abbey church and library.
  3. Inside the library monks copied ______books.
  4. The ______and ______taught children, fed the poor, cared for the sick, provided shelter to travelers.
  1. Life in the Towns
  1. Not all people lived in feudal ______or ______. Peasants seeking freedom, younger sons of nobles seeking a fortune, and scholars seeking new ideas left the country manor or towns.
  2. Narrow crowed streets with wooden houses showed up against each other with hardly any light that became the center of ______.
  3. Trade ______and the town’s ______.
  1. Guilds
  1. Shoemakers, blacksmiths, tailors, weavers, bakers banded together with others for their trade to form ______.
  2. A guild was a ______of people who practiced a trade. Guilds for each trade ______the number of people who could practice that trade.
  1. Discrimination Against Jews
  1. Many European Jews also lived in towns because they were not allowed to own land. However, they did not become craftspeople, because they were also not allowed to join guilds.
  2. Many Jews were ______while others were money ______since this was the only trade forbidden to Christians.
  3. As trade became important, Jews became ______.
  4. During this period, Jews often suffered at the hands of Christians who ______their wealth and used their ______as an excuse to persecute them.
  1. The Magna Carta
  1. Many lords renounced their______to John and in June of 1215 forced his seal on a document-The Magna Carta.
  2. The Magna Carta focused on the rights of ______. It gave the lords certain rights that a king could not take away.
  3. This subjected the king to the rule of _____ which will be the basis for future reforms and the Bill of ______.
  4. The signing of the Magna Carta signaled the beginning of feudalism’s ______.
  5. The ideas of personal ______and ______were now firmly planted.