feudal sistem
origins
monarch didnt have resources to help their subjets
in the begining monarch divided the lands among the nobels
division of the carolignian empire
power become hereditary
absolute power over inhabitants
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serfs were peasants that lived and worked in fiefdom
power of the nobility icreased
fiefdom was the land owned by the feudal lord
armies to extend domains
insecurity built castles
deny military aid
vassalage relationships
vassal person who voluntary promised his loyality to someone more powerfulthan himself
the vassal swore his loyality in a official act known as commendation ceremony
the vassal knelt before his lord, put his hands together and swore his loyality, promising giving him military aid and advise
the lord took the vassal's hand in his and kissed them, signifying his acceptance and promising to protect and provide for his vassal
feudal monarch
royal officials who served the monarch
host y composedof the private army of the monarch and the private armies of the nobility to go war
court nobles who advised them in governamental maters
chancery writing the decisions taken by the monarch to ensure they were implemented
caracteristics of the fiefdom
demesne the lord's land cultivated by his serfs. Forests also belonged to him
village situated near to the castle main building was the church. Farmers and peasants lived together whith the animals
castle situated up high or next to a river house of the lord and his family
places for comunal use bridges, mills, forge, furnace...
economy
agriculture tecniques
subsistance economy
livestock meat was realy consumed
products obtained by animals
agriculture cereal crops vegetables pulses wine beer
manure as fertiliser
mouldboar plough
irrigation technique
three-year crop rotation