A knight holds land from a count and promises loyalty and service. What is the knight in relation to the count?

A count gives land to several knights, but he holds his own land from the king. Which description fits the count?

A king grants an estate to a duke who promises service in return. In that exchange, what role does the king hold?

A warrior receives a landed holding that lets him collect income from its peasants while he owes service to a lord. What is that holding called?

On a church estate, an abbot grants land to a mounted warrior and expects military help. In that bond, what is the abbot?

A noble who holds land from the king grants part of it to lesser warriors who promise him service. What is this practice called?

Which relationship belongs most directly to feudalism rather than to the manorial system?

A lord grants an estate to a warrior and promises protection and justice. What is the warrior expected to provide in return?

A freeman kneels, places his hands between a lord's hands, and swears loyalty for land he holds. What ceremony is this?

A king accepts money from a vassal instead of requiring him to fight in person. What was this payment called?

A lord summons his vassals to hear disputes and advise him before a campaign. Which obligation is he calling on?

A lord is captured in war and asks his vassals for an accepted special payment to help ransom him. Which duty is this?

What did a lord owe a loyal vassal in the usual feudal bargain?

A family must work the lord's fields several days a week and cannot freely leave the estate. Which group is being described?

The best fields on an estate are reserved for the lord's own use, though peasants must help farm them. What was this land called?

A peasant rents a cottage, has little or no land, and does odd jobs such as weeding or haymaking. Which term fits best?

Which person is most clearly a free laborer rather than a serf?

Neighbors argue over rights to use woodland on an estate, and the lord's hall hears the case. Which institution is involved?

A peasant chosen from among the villagers supervises daily work on the lord's fields. Which manor officer is this?

In August the lord's officers gather reapers and extra workers to bring in grain. What does this show about peasant life?

A manor produces most food, cloth, and tools locally but brings in items such as salt or iron. What does this show?

A village divides arable land into winter grain, spring crops, and a fallow section instead of leaving half unused. What was the result?

On many manors, the land a tenant family held was not one compact farm. How was it usually laid out?

A peasant gives the lord part of the grain from his own strips instead of paying coins. What kind of due is this?

After harvest, villagers graze animals on shared pasture and stubble under local rules. What arrangement is this?

A steward measures fields, notes mills and meadows, and checks what tenants owe. Why do this?

After strong central rule weakened, raids made many communities look to nearby castles and lords. Why did feudal ties grow?

Magyar, Muslim, and Viking attacks hit western Europe as some royal authority broke down. What political pattern followed in many areas?

A lord has land but little coin and needs armored warriors. Which solution best fits the feudal system?

As raids and disorder increased, peasants accepted a lord's estate rules in return for safety and land to farm. Which system does this describe?