notes on 363

Today in class we had a chance to up our grade more by doing another textbook assignment on page 363. We had to do questions and answer them and so I did.  We also got tested about our notes and i got tested on the word manor which was the land the lord owned. People are getting asked questions and getting them wrong and I am just dying in so much pain from my stomach.its been a rough day. i just need to go home and take a nap. Almost everyone is doing there blog because they are finished.

Lord: a landowner
fief: granted land
vassal : person who earns the fief
knights : horseman who pledged to defend their lords lands in exchange of fiefs
serfs: people who could not leave the place they have born lawfully
manor : the lords estate
tithe : church tax 1/10th of the peasants income

maygars and muslims invaded in the 800

peasant labor produced belonged to the lord
they tend lords lands
cared for animals
perform other tasks

3 category
those who fight nobles and knights
those who prayed woman and man in the church
those who worked peasants

lord - a person who controlled the land

vassal- a person who received a grant of land from the lord in exchange for a pledge of loyalty and services

knight- an armed warrior who fought on horseback

serf- a medieval peasant legally bound to live on a lord's estate

manor- a lord's estate in feudal Europe

tithe- a family's payment of one-tenth of its income to a church