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Who was top of the feudal system?
The king
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Who was bottom of the feudal system?
Free men and peasants
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Who was second in the feudal system?
Tenants in chief
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What was a vassal?
Someone who held land from someone else in the
feudal system
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What was a
fief
?
Land given to a vassal in return for service to a lord
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What was the king's land known as?
Demense
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How much of English land was owned by the King?
20%
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What is homage?
An
oath
of
loyalty
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After declaring homage, the landholder became what to the lord?
His vassal
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What is forfeiture?
Forfeiting Land
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When would forfeiture happen?
When
homage
was
broken
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What happened to the
vassal's land
after
forfeiture
?
It would be
given
to
someone else
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Barons who didn't provide the king with knights paid what?
Scutage
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What was scutage?
A
payment
made instead of providing
knights
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Who would do labour service?
Peasants
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What were the duties of a Knight?
Serve in the
army
, raise
ransom
money and guard castles
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What was a tithe?
Tax paid
to a
church annually
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How much was a tithe?
One
tenth
of someone's produce
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Who decided who became the Archbishop of Canterbury?
The
Pope
and the
king
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Who taught people to read and write?
Priests
and
Monks
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Who looked after the elderly, poor and sick?
Monasteries
,
nunneries
and parish priests
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What was expected of a king?
Make
laws
, make decisions, protect and be a
Christian
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Following what rules, how would Arthur have succeeded Richard?
Primogeniture
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What was Arthur's relationship to John?
He was the son of his older brother
Geoffrey
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Who did Richard choose as his successor?
John
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Who was accused of the murder of Arthur?
John
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Where did John capture Arthur?
Mirebeau
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How did John's French supporters react to Arthur's death?
They began supporting
Philip
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Who did Richard leave in charge of England when on crusade?
William Longchamp
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True or False:
William Longchamp
paid Richard to become
chancellor.
True
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What was William Longchamp's race?
Norman
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Who did William Longchamp replace?
Sheriffs
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What caused Longchamp to depose?
A
rebellion
by
Price John
and leading barons
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Who succeeded
William Longchamp
as the new justiciar?
Walter of Countances
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Who did Richard make Archbishop of Canterbury?
Hubert
Walter
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When Richard was captured, what did John do?
He said he was
dead
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Why wasn't John believes when he said Richard was dead?
He had
little support
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Who succeeded Hubert Walter as justiciar?
Geoffrey Fitz Peter
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Who appointed Hubert Walter as justiciar?
Barons
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What was Hubert Walter appointed as by barons?
Justiciar
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