Chapter 9: The Achievements of Feudalism

Wandering raiders from Scandinavia: [blank_start]Vikings[blank_end]

The system of local authority by which strong or powerful men were given control of a region by its inhabitants in return for protection and loyalty: [blank_start]feudalism[blank_end]

One who swears an oath of loyalty and support to a lord: [blank_start]vassal[blank_end]

One who takes an oath from another and gives him protection and gifts in return: [blank_start]liege[blank_end]

The land granted to a vassal in return for his service: [blank_start]fief[blank_end]

A man admitted to the fighting class as a mounted master of arms: [blank_start]knight[blank_end]

The house and farm of a landlord and the center of a medieval community: [blank_start]manor[blank_end]

An organization of merchants or craftsmen formed to protect their craft or business: [blank_start]guild[blank_end]

A servant bound to the place of his birth and obligated to work for the landowner: [blank_start]serf[blank_end]

Charlemagne's only surviving son, who divided the Frankish Empire between his four sons, thus causing civil war between himself and his sons: [blank_start]Louis I the Pious[blank_end]

The Norwegian Viking who received Normandy from the king of the Franks in Gaul: [blank_start]Hrolf[blank_end]

Swedish Viking who settled in Russia and founded a kingdom around Novgorod: [blank_start]Rurik[blank_end]

The act of dividing into parts or shares: [blank_start]partition[blank_end]

A province on the boundaries of a kingdom: [blank_start]march[blank_end]

The ruler of a march (in English): [blank_start]margrave[blank_end]

A high rise of land extending out into a body of water: [blank_start]promontory[blank_end]

Located on our near the sea; concerned with shipping and navigation: [blank_start]maritime[blank_end]