Listen&Learn: Feudalism
Posted by: Jaksyn PeacockPre-listening vocabulary
- decentralize: to distribute power and responsibilities to several people
- monarch: a leader who has inherited their power
- lord: a person who has power over a certain area
- taxes: payments that a person must make to their government
- hierarchical: organized into different classes based on wealth or status
- peasant: a poor farmer or labourer
Listening activity
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Gapfill exercise
Comprehension questions
[wp_quiz id=”20334″]Discussion/essay questions
- What are the biggest flaws of a feudal system?
Transcript
Feudalism was a type of political system that was common in Europe during the Middle Ages. The system evolved after the governments in many European countries began to decentralize. This meant that monarchs gave more power and responsibilities to local lords. Under feudalism, people worked for their lords, and their lords paid them with land. People living in feudal systems also had to pay taxes. They owed their lords a percentage of the crops they grew on their land. This system was naturally hierarchical. The monarch, who controlled all of the land, had the most wealth and power. The peasants, who worked on the land, had the least. Feudalism began to decline around the 15th century, when it became more common to buy land and goods with money.
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Maria de Fátima S G Morashashi says:
From the peasant’s point of view, they had no way of ascending the social class.
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Maria de Fátima S G Morashashi says:
From the peasant point of view, profits should be more egalitarian, with the possibility of social ascension.
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