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Feudalism by Mind Map: Feudalism

1. Knights

1.1. Responsibilities

1.1.1. Protect vassals

1.1.2. Shield commoners

1.2. Rights

1.2.1. Received fiefs in turn for military work

1.3. Environment

1.3.1. Battlefield

2. Peasants/Serfs

2.1. Responsibilities

2.1.1. Tend livestock

2.1.2. Tax

2.1.3. Tithe

2.1.4. New node

2.1.5. Tend land

2.2. Rights

2.2.1. Protection

2.3. Environment

2.3.1. 1 or 2 room Cottages

2.3.2. Bound to land

2.3.3. Only few square miles of land

2.3.4. 15-30 families in a village

3. Clergy/ Church Officials

3.1. Responsibilities

3.1.1. Read messages from secular and Church authorities.

3.1.2. Administer necessary sacraments with consistency

3.1.3. Absolve men and women of their sins, confession

3.2. Rights

3.2.1. Church received money from tithes, baptisms, marriage, and burials

3.3. Environment

3.3.1. Monastery

4. Kings

5. Nobles

5.1. Responsibilities

5.1.1. Lord of all people who settled on his land

5.1.2. Appoint wise stewards to watch estate

5.1.3. Collect taxes and rents

5.1.4. Fight

5.2. Rights

5.2.1. Free in person and possessions, only limit was military

5.2.2. Raise troops and command them in feild

5.2.3. Hold own courts of justice

5.2.4. Coin his own money

5.3. Environment

5.3.1. Outlet for their war-like aggression in peaceful times was Medieval tournament

5.3.2. Battlefield