HISTORY
MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE
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Question
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Supervise the children, manage servants, and preform daily chores
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Supervise the household, manage vassals, and preform necessary tasks
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Supervise the household, manage her people, and preform
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Vassals had many duties: Acting as the second in command of the lord and/or king. Managing the lord’s manor and its entire estate. Supervising the day to day tasks completed by manor’s residents (mainly peasants)
Detailed explanation-2: -It was too difficult for the king to oversee everything that went on in his kingdom. He needed help. So he subdivided his land into smaller parcels and named a ruler for each part. These rulers, who were next in charge after the king, were known as lords, and their wives were known as ladies.
Detailed explanation-3: -A lord was in broad terms a noble who held land, a vassal was a person who was granted possession of the land by the lord, and a fief was what the land was known as. In exchange for the use of the fief and the protection of the lord, the vassal would provide some sort of service to the lord.
Detailed explanation-4: -The feudal system was based on rights and obligations. In exchange for military protection and other services, a lord, or landowner, granted land called a fief. The person receiving a fief was called a vassal.
Detailed explanation-5: -The most important promise of the vassal to the lord was the military. The vassal usually served as a knight. This service lasted about 40 to 60 days a year. If they actually had to fight in a war they usually did so for two months.