Middle Ages Key Words Flashcards
(9 cards)
Feudalism
The system of land ownership where the king or lord divides land among their followers in return for loyalty and taxes
Peasants
The people who worked on the lords land
Oath of chivalry
And oath sworn by the night to be loyal to his lord, protect the poor and the weak and to be brave in battle
Open field system
The system of farming where peasant were each given strips of land in large fields
Fallow
Leave the land uncultivated for one year so that the soil can recover its nutrients
Commons
Used for grazing animals that belonged to the peasants
Tithe
The payment of one tenth of the peasants annual income to the church
Charter
A contract where a town was granted freedom to run its own affairs but had to pay taxes to the king
Guild
An organisation of skilled people who worked in the same trade
