The document provides an overview of life in medieval Europe during the Middle Ages. It describes the rise of feudalism as a political system where kings granted land to lords in exchange for military service. Lords then granted land to knights who protected peasant farmers known as serfs. People typically lived in self-sufficient farming communities called manors, centered around a lord's castle. It also discusses key events like the Norman conquest of England in 1066 and the creation of the Magna Carta in 1215, which established early limits on a king's power and influenced the development of parliamentary democracy.
12. What is Feudalism? Feudalism : loosely organized system of government in which local lords governed their own lands but had to fight with their men for their king. They also gave money to a greater lord , who served the king.
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16. Traders in Medieval Europe 1000-1300 From World History: Connections to Today Prentice Hall, 2003
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