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HIGH MIDDLE AGES AND FEUDALISM (Characteristics of fiefdom (Castle,…
HIGH MIDDLE AGES AND FEUDALISM
The feudal system
Feudalism
Political ,social ,economic
System established
The origins of feudalism
Division of Carolingian empire
Kings didn’t have resources
Monarch divided the lands
Power=hereditary
Absolute power
Fiefdom
Land owned by feudal lord
Serfs
Peasants who work in fiefdom
Power nobility increased
Military aid
Feudal wars
Insecurity
Vassal
Person who promised loyalty
The feudal monarchy
The court
Royal officials
Served the monarch
Chancery
Host
Characteristics of fiefdom
Castle
Demesne
Village
Bridges
Mills
Forge
Furnace
ECONOMY
Algriculture
Cereals crops
vegetables
pulses
Livestock
Meat was rarely consumed
Subsistence economy
Techniques
Three year
crop rotation
Irrigation techniques
Society
Clergy
Higher :bishops,abbots
Lower :monks , priests ,nuns
Nobility
Higher : dukes
Marquises ,courts
Lower: Knights
Serfs
free peasants
traders
craftworkers
CHURCH
Organisation
Pope
2branches
secular clergy
regular clergy
Regular clergy
Religious orders
military orders
Political power of the church
Pope could excommunicate
Economic power of the church
Church became main land owner
TENTH
Culture
Fear of hell
Fear of end of world
Pilgrimages
Art
Rural
Nobility and church
Chapels , cathedral
Pilgrimage routes
Painting f and sculpture
Decorative and educational
Painting
Miniatures
walls
Sculpture
Stone
wood
