At the top of the feudal system was … - the monarch, although the Pope was in charge of all Roman Catholics., Under the King in the feudal system were … - nobles (barons and bishops) – the tenants-in-chief., Under the barons and bishops were the ... - knights - the under-tenants. , The people at the bottom of the feudal system were … - the peasants (villeins) and serfs (slaves)., The feudal system was Norman and based upon … - the division of land by William I., Knights gained land from the tenants-in-chief by promising to … - serve in the army for 40 days each year., Some Anglo-Saxons who received land from William I ... - including Thorkhill of Arden. , Promising loyalty (fealty) within the feudal system was known as … - paying homage., In return for land (fief), protection and justice each person owed … - military service, taxes and loyalty., William I was rewarding his followers … - for helping him win the Battle of Hastings., The whole structure of the feudal system has the shape of a … - pyramid, wide at the bottom and narrow at the top., Peasants paid for their land by … - working on the knights’ or under-tenants' land and paying taxes., In towns there was a growing number of … - merchants and craftsmen (a different sort of under-tenant)., William I made sure that nobles had land … - spread around the country, to stop them becoming too powerful.,

The Norman Conquest: The Feudal System

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