DAILY LIF IN THE MANOR

SERFS

• Serfs were people who were bound to the land and could never leave.
• Serfs had to work the land
• Serfs had to pay a tax to the lord with there own goods.

PEASANTS

• Like serfs peasants jobs were to work the land.
• Peasants could leave whenever they wanted.
• Peasants normally stayed for protection during wars.

FIEFS

• Fiefs were pieces of land that a lord could give to his vassals.
• A fief came with a church, a manor house or a castle, farm land, and serfs.

LORDS

• Lords were elected by the king.
• The king would give them land to give to vassals.
• The lord was a vassal to the king.
• The lord were normally nobility, counts, or officials.

VASSALS

• Vassals would get land from the lord
• The vassal in trade for the land would offer protection.
• Vassals would be obligated to raise an army for the lord.

MEDIEVAL CASTLES

• Castles were normally on top of hills for protection.
• They had a keep which was used for storage of food.
• They had a chapel which was the place of holy religion.

LIFE OF THE NOBILITY

• The job of a lord was to be the judge and jury to crimes.
• He would also have to collect taxes.
• The roles of a noblewoman would be to weave, sew and most importantly to make children.

THE STAGES OF A NIGHT

• First there was a page who began to learn how to fight,use weapons, and ride a horse.
• Next there was a squire who would be assigned a night. The squire would help the knight any way he could.
• Finally there was the knight. A squire could become a night once he proved himself to his knight.

CODE OF CHIVALRY

• All Knights had to act in a certain way.
• They had to be brave in battle.
• They had to fight fairly.
• They had to keep promise.
• They had to protect the church.
• He had to treat the noblewomen with respect.

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