1. Leading up to the Revolution

2.  The political and social system of medieval Europe, in which vassals received land from overlords in exchange for armed warriors and other services.

3.  Middle Ages was characterized by economic and population decline and by external threat.  People began to turn to local landed aristocrats, or nobles, to protect them

4.  The relationship between lords and vassals made up a big part of the political and social structure of the feudal system  Vassals had certain duties to perform for the lord  All nobles were ultimately vassals of the king.

5. 5 LORDS VASSALS GIVE PROTECTION TO GIVE SERVICE TO

6.  Decentralized  Feudal Lord in control  Manor/guild make decisions  Political life is localized

7.  Who makes the decisions?  What types of decisions do they make?

8.  Agricultural  Domestic System  Self-sufficient  Money spent for political, military, and religious reasons  Labor is a relationship to class  No competition

9.  Describe the type of economy that they might have had. What are the benefits and disadvantages of this system?  Who made the following decisions?  What to produce?  How to produce it?  For whom to produce it?

10.  Money making seen as “evil”  Upper class and lower class  Nobility respected  No mobility

12.  What differences exist between feudal society and our modern society today in areas related to politics, economy, and social classes?  In what ways are they similar?  Also, think about the movement of goods, services, and ideas in both societies