The fall of Charlemagne's empire and a series of invasions in the 9th and 10th centuries facilitated the expansion of feudalism. True or false?
true
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Kings relied on nobles to protect their kingdoms. True or false?
true
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The basis of feudalism was the system of personal relationships established between kings and nobles: kings made nobles their vassals and, in exchange for military aid, granted them a fiefdom. True or false?
true
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The peasants also established a system of personal relations with the king: in exchange for protection, peasants worked the monarch's lands and became his servants. True or false?
false
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Medieval society was divided into three classes: nobles, clergy and peasants. True or false?
false
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State of peasants who have been placed under the protection of a nobleman in exchange for working his land:
serfdom .
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Personal relationship of dependency and loyalty established between a king and a noble:
vassalage .
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Territory owned by a nobleman who governs with total freedom in the name of King:
fief .
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To govern and maintain their kingdoms, monarchs had to rely on nobles, with whom they established a system of personal relationships known as...
vassalage.
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The ceremony in which the vassal knelt before the king and promised his fidelity, advice and military and economic help was...
homage.
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The ceremony in which the king gave the vassal some land (fief) to govern was...
investiture.
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A king's vassal, of noble or ecclesiastical origin, who ruled and economically exploited a fiefdom was called...
a feudal lord.
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The lesser nobility who ruled part of a fief granted by a feudal lord and kept a small army were called...
knights
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What was the meaning of the King's gold ring?
the union of God and his people through the monarch