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Middle Ages
Feudal System
King
Owned all the land
Could not control the farm himself, so he gave some to his followers
Kept a quarter of his land
Vassals
King's followers
Some vassals were lords
Some vassals were bishops and abbots
Knights
Lords gave knights land in turn for loyalty
Knights rode into battles on horseback and fought for their lords
Peasants
Farmed the land
Had to pay heavy taxes and rents
Two types of peasants
Freemen
Serfs
Medieval Castle
Attack
Battering rams
Catapults
Ballista
Tunnels
Siege Ladders
Siege Towers
The Middle ages covers the period between the Roman Empire and what we call modern times
Most grassland was homed to wild boars, cats and wolves
It occurred between AD500- AD15000