The document provides an overview of the feudal system in the Middle Ages through brief sections about kings and queens, lords and ladies, knights, peasants, and townspeople. [Kings ruled over territories and were advised by queens from powerful families. Lords protected people living on their manor lands and collected taxes, while peasants farmed lords' lands. Knights fought as warriors and trained through tournaments. Townspeople engaged in crafts and trade through guilds.]

1. An Introduction to the Feudal
System in the Middle Ages
Compiled by
Mrs. Szeryk’s
9 Year-Old Class

2. Kings and Queens
-the queens came from powerful families
-they were rich
-they were wise
-the king ruled parts of the world
-the king got crowned by the pope
By: Evy

3. Kings and Queens By Wout
 It was the king’s duty to create laws for his people
 The king had to defend his people from outside
enemies’ kingdom
 A king was crowned in an extravagant ceremony
called a coronation
 Kings ruled over large territories called kingdoms
 The pope placed the crown on the king’s head
 Queens came from very powerful families and
were daughters of other kings or great lords
 Queens offered their husbands advice on how to
rule the kingdom

4. Kings and Queens by Kimi
Kings ruled over large territories called
kingdoms.
Kings were the ruler of the whole land.

5. Lords and Ladies
A lord looked after his manor from his
castle or manor home.
He protected the people who lived on his
manor, collected taxes from them, and
punished those who broke the law.
The lord controlled everything on the
manor, including the mills and bread ovens,
where peasants paid to grind their grain and
bake their bread.

6. Lords and Ladies By: Emily Baur
• Lords • Ladies
• He protected the people who • Her most important job was to have
live on his land sons so they could carry on the
• He collected the taxes from the nobleman's job
people who lived on his land • She could not decide who to marry
• He managed everything on his • Always had her wedding in a church
land, including bread ovens,
and water mills

7. Knights
Knight are strong and
brave.
They ride horses very
well.
They are not scared to
die and kill.

8. Knights BY SooBin
• During the Middle Ages, knights who fought on horseback were the important
warriors on a battlefield. Their horses allowed them to charge at the enemy
with great speed and force.
• Knights fought for their overlords against other lords. They also fought in holy
wars called crusades, Christian knights from Europe travelling to the Middle
East. There, they fought Muslims for control of the Holy Land, the area where
Jesus Christ was born, lived, and died.
• They practiced their skills at competitions called tournaments. Tournaments
included melees, which were battles between two groups of warriors, and
jousting contests. The goal of a joust was for one knight to knock his opponent
off his horse by charging at him with a long pole called a lance.
• A noble boy began training to be a knight when he was about seven years old.

9. Peasants
Most people in the Middle Ages were peasants who lived in a small villages on their lord’s
manor. For two or three days each week, they farmed the lord’s land, looked after his
livestock, and did other work for him, such as repairing buildings on the manor.

10. Peasants
Most people in the Middle Ages were peasants who lived in small
villages on their lord’s manor. For two or three days each week, they
farmed the lord’s land, and looked after his livestock.

11. Townspeople
By Gee Yeon
• By 1100s, townspeople began to hold weekly or monthly markets at
crossroads to trade their products for goods from other manors.
• Boys in the Middle Ages started to learn or trade when they were about
seven years old.
• Some girls and woman learned crafts from their father or husbands,
and worked with them
• Craftspeople and merchants who made or sold the same kinds of goods
belonged to organizations called guilds. Guilds decide how much their
members could charge for their goods, and made sure that the items
sold were of a high quality.
• Guilds also built schools, fed the poor, and gave money to members
who were sick to earn a living.

12. Townspeople and Merchants
 Merchants were weavers, goldsmiths, and food and beverage sellers
 These people owned shops and earned money by selling goods, not by
fighting or farming.
 Boys in the Middle Ages learned learned a craft or trade when they
were 7 years old
 Guilds decided how much the product would cost, and made sure the
products were of high quality

13. The End