FEUDALISM & MANORIALISM – MEDIEVAL SOCIETY
I.  Beginnings
	A. Invasions
	B. Migration to interior	
		1. Peasants 90% of population
			a. Free peasants & serfs
		2. Landholders exchange land for protection
		3. Rise of self-sufficiency & manorialism
	C. Charles Martel & contact with Muslims
		1. Stirrup & saddle
		2. Pay soldiers in land in return for service
II. Feudalism
Common Traits
1.	Ties of loyalty & duty
2.	Landholding
3.	Rule by local officials
Relationship Between Nobles 
4.	Clergy – swear fealty to King for office
a. Lay Investiture controversy (11th & 12th centuries)
		2.  Lords – powerful families remain after fall of Rome
		3. Vassals – freemen with no family, weak seek out strong
	C. Vassalage & Fief
		1. Fealty – don’t do anything to hurt Lord
		2. Obligations reciprocal - Homage
			a. military duty, member of court, financial assistance
			b. protection, care for heirs and family
	D.  Problems
		1. Vassals of Vassals of Vassals
		2. Land & Hereditary
		3. Relationship declines
	E. Feudal Life
		1. Warfare, Castles, Entertainment, Children
III. Manorialism
Decline of Trade & Rise of Agriculture
Manor Controls Agrarian Economy
1.	Exchange land for protection – several 100 to 1,000 acres
2.	Lords appoint officials as overseers
Peasant Life
3.	Free v. Serf
4.	Improvements – Plow & 3 Field System

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