FEUDEALISM

• the dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants (villeins or serfs) were obliged to live on their lord's land and give him homage, labor, and a share of the produce, notionally in exchange for military protection.

ORDER

• he arrangement or disposition of people or things in relation to each other according to a particular sequence, pattern, or method.

MONARCH

• 1. a sovereign head of state, especially a king, queen, or emperor.

LORDS

• someone or something having power, authority, or influence; a master or ruler.

NOBLES

• a sovereign head of state, especially a king, queen, or emperor.

KNIGHTS

SERFS

• an agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord's estate.