It’s Thursday!
Today is April 27, 2017
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FIRST: Finish Correcting Ch. 2 Reading Notes
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THEN: Off to our manors
2.4 Monarchs During Feudal Times
What responsibilities did monarchs have in the feudal system?
Monarchs kept order and supplied protection to their vassals.
Why is William the Conqueror considered an important monarch?
After his victory at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, William the Conqueror brought the idea of feudalism to England
2 pts
2.5 Lords and Ladies During Feudal Times
What responsibilities did lords have in the feudal system?
Lords were responsible for managing and defending their manors and acting as judges. Some lords held posts in the king’s government. In times of war, lords fought for
their own monarchs (and higher lords) in or at least supplied them with soldiers.
What was the role of noblewomen in the feudal system?
Besides fighting, noblewomen had all the duties lords had: running estates, sitting as judges on manor courts, and sending their knights to war. Noblewomen
were responsible for raising and training their children (and of other noble families). They were also responsible for
overseeing their households.
3 pts
2.6 Knights During Feudal Times
What responsibilities did knights have in the feudal system? Knights were expected to be loyal to their church and lord, to be fair, and to protect the helpless.
What was the code of chivalry? What stages did a boy go through to become a knight?
The code of chivalry was the set of rules of behavior that all knights were expected to live by, including bravery, loyalty, and respect for women. A boy started training for knighthood by becoming a page, where he learned skills such as how to ride a horse and how to sing. After seven years, he became a squire and learned how to fight as a warrior. A deserving squire was made a knight in his early 20s at a special ceremony.
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2.7 Peasants During Feudal Times
What responsibilities did peasants have in the feudal system?
Most peasants worked at raising crops and tending livestock. Some worked as carpenters, shoemakers, and smiths. Peasants paid taxes to lords. They were also
required to grind their grain at the lord’s mill.
How were the lives of male and female peasants different? In addition to working in the fields when they were needed, peasant women had to care for their families and homes.
3 pts
Table Discussion Question:
Define
loyalty
in your own
words.
Then, describe a situation in
which it is important for
Foundations of Feudalism in
Western Europe
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Germanic barbarians include Visigoths, Vandals,
Franks, Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Ostrogoth, and others!
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As Roman centers of government collapsed, city
dwellers fled to the countryside – protection and
survival are a daily necessity.
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LOYALTY and the obligations that go with it create
Welcome to
Germania
Today you will be assigned to a manor and a social
class.
Find your
Find your
Station-Match your card with your social class
Match your card with your social class
Ace= Clergy
Kings/Queen = Lords
Jacks = Knights
10= Skilled Tradesmen
Finding Your Manor
Look at the playing car and match the suit with
the manor it represents. This is your new
home for today.
Astwood
Bayhall
Clergy’s (Monk or Nun) Tasks
You are one of the very few people who can read and write!! You must write a sermon to share with the peasants. You must write your sermon in cursive on a scroll. The sermon should be a lesson about one of the following:
– being kind to enemies
– to be selfless and share your wealth with the church
– to work hard in the fields because hard work a way to dedicate yourself to God
Serfs’ Tasks
You will work the fields to produce food for the manor. Sit under the table to work
- Serfs, you are not free – you must hold on to the table leg at all time because you “tied” to your manor!
- Peasants, you are free – you do not have to hold on the table leg. You must color each food token – each must have at least two colors
Tradesperson's
Tasks
Once you receive a food token, it must
be skillfully cut out. Luckily, you will be
allowed modern-day scissors, not
traditional medieval tools.
Careless
Knight’s Tasks
• Consult with your Lord/Lady about your manor, and then create your heraldry (your manor’s coat of arms)!
– Google “heraldry symbols and meanings” and select the option called “Heraldry Symbols & Meanings, Coat of Arms Symbols A-D” (near the top)
• Then, you will need to practice your fine fighting skills to prepare for battle and for festivals to celebrate the Kingdom and monarch. Practice your
Nobles’ (Lord or Lady) Tasks
Come to court and speak with the Monarch (Mrs. Gray)
regarding taxes (in the form of food) that your Manor must
pay to the kingdom. You will roll the dice to determine your
tax amounts. You will return to your manor and retrieve the
payment from the food produced by the serfs and bring it
back to the Monarch. Tardy payments could result in extra
taxes as determined by the Monarch.
Festival Day
• To honor the Monarch, all the manors will come together to watch the
knights compete in games of skill.
• Before the festival, the clergy (monk or nun) must read their sermon
for inspiration!
• Each noble (lord/lady) will bring their taxes and a gift of food (or serfs)
to win the favor of the monarch and get the best seats at the festival – the leftovers go back to your people.
• When the knight from your manor is competing, cheer them on! Serfs
GET
A Day of Reckoning
A Day of Reckoning
News has arrived that the Vikings
Vikings
are on the move. You
must fortify your manor and be ready to
protect the nobles
(and everyone else) from the attack!
You may use your tables and chairs to create a
fortification to protect as many of your vassals as possible
(but the tables CANNOT be flipped upside down – please
be careful).
KNIGHTS ONLY:
use your history textbook to protect the
people from the manor from the attack – make sure to
protect your Noble first! ONLY knights can fight back.
