Middle Ages The Monarchy
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Medieval literature is best understood in the context of three powerful influences on medieval society: feudalism, the church and chivalry. The Feudal System ____________________________ was a political and economic system that William the Conqueror introduced to England after the Norman Conquest. Based on the premise that the _____________ owns all the land in England, William kept a ______________ of the land for himself, granted a fourth to the _______________ and parceled out the rest to loyal __________________, who, in return, either paid him or supplied him with warriors called _________________. The barons ___________________________________ to the king, the knights to the barons, and so on down the social ladder. At the bottom of the ladder were the conquered Anglo-Saxons, many of whom were __________________ (peasants who were bound to the land they could not own). Directory: cms -> lib3 -> TX01001155 -> Centricity -> Domain lib3 -> Article Review Guidelines lib3 -> Themes in ap* World History lib3 -> - lib3 -> Must Haves, minimum requirements: (to be included in the Projects) lib3 -> Absolutism and Age of Enlightenment Review Sheet lib3 -> War for Independence Domain -> Scientific & Economic Revolutions Test Review Domain -> Social Studies/ela colonization Share with your friends:
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