Lesson 26: The Development of Feudalism in Western Europe

the medieval knight's code of ideal behavior, including bravery, loyalty, and respect for women

• reign

• fief

• feudalism

• chivalry

to continue in the same way

• maintain

• survive

• function

• process

the leader of the Franks from 768 to 814 C.E. who unified most of the Christian lands of Europe into a single empire

• Clovis

• Charlemagne

• Charles Martel

the period of time during which a king or other monarch rules

• dynasty

• empire

• reign

• fief

the use or purpose of something

• maintain

• function

• process

• reign

a peasant who could not leave the lord's land on which he or she was born and worked

• chivalry

• fief

• serf

• feudalism

the economic and political system of medieval Europe in which a lord required loyalty and labor in return for protection

• feudalism

• fief

• chivalry

• reign

to continue to exist

• process

• maintain

• function

• survive

land granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service

• chivalry

• serf

• fief

• feudalism

a series of actions that produce a certain result

• function

• maintain

• process

• survive