🏰 The Feudal System — Who Owned What (and Who Owned You)

Описание: Imagine you cannot leave your town without
permission. Cannot get married without
permission. Have to work for someone else
three days a week for free. And when you
die, they take your best possession.

You were born into this. You had no choice.
For 70 to 80 percent of people in medieval
England — this was just normal life.

In Video 4 of our Norman England series —
everything Year 7 students need to know
about the Feudal System:

How the feudal pyramid worked — king,
barons, knights and villeins
Why William owned every single acre
of land in England
What 180 barons gave William in return
for their estates — and what happened
if they did not deliver
What life was actually like as a villein
Two to three days working for free every
week, taxes on marriage, death taxes,
permission for everything
How the Church fitted into the feudal system
— owning one third of all English land
Why the system lasted nearly 600 years —
until 1660
The connections to the Black Death and
the Peasants' Revolt

PART 2 — 2 Interesting Facts:
Why William deliberately scattered his
barons' lands across different counties
The legal escape route for villeins —
a year and a day — and why it mattered

PART 3 — 5-question knowledge check
with 4-second gaps!

Fully aligned to the UK KS3 National
Curriculum (Year 7 — Norman England).

Watch first: Videos 1-3 in the playlist.

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Timestamps:
0:00 — Hook
0:35 — The feudal pyramid
1:45 — Life as a villein
3:00 — The lord of the manor
4:00 — Why did it matter?
5:30 — Interesting facts
6:30 — Knowledge check quiz