Vocabulary
Fiefdom - The estate of domain of a feudal lord
Feudalism - The dominant social system in medieval Europe
Monarch - A sovereign head of state, such as king or queen
Lord - A title given by a monarch to rule over a part of land
Vassal - A knight appointed by a lord or king to protect a fief
Knight - A man who served his sovereign lord as a soldier in armor
Peasant - A serf who owns or rents a small piece of land for farming
Commoner - A person with no rank or social class
Serf - Agricultural laborer who works under the lord's commands
Tradesman - A person engaged in trading
Merchant - Person who engaged with trades in foreign countries
Castle - A building or group of buildings fortified against attack with thick walls, battlements, towers, and in many cases a moat
Moat - A deep wide ditch filled with water usually used to protect a town, fort, or castle from invaders
Guild - An association of merchants and craftsmen with considerable power
Abbey - A building occupied by monks or nuns
High Middle Ages - The period of European history around the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries
100 Year's War - A series of conflicts that waged from 1337 to 1453
Black Death - An epidemic outbreak of bubonic plaque
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Introduction
In our fiefdom project, we'll have to research and create a model of a fiefdom. The fiefdom will have to be perfectly accurate in size and looks. The surroundings will have to be accurate in where the actual castles were built. We have a choice of building this in a game called "Minecraft", sadly we still haven't been able to get the game, so we might have to do this as a small sized model of the fiefdom. This would be a fun and educational project, we will learn about the fiefdom and it'll be fun building it.
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