Serfs and Freeman

1) What was a code of chivalry?  Who did it apply to?  List the rules of chivalry.
Are the rules for a knight, it meant, that the knight had to obey his lord, show bravery, respect woman of noble birth, honor the church, and help people.

2) How did Knights train for war?
He began training when he was 7 years old. He was send to a castle of another lord. There he learned to be a Page (a person who helps other knights --> he learns the basics). They learned also good manners. With the age of 14 the Page was able to handle a lance and a sword on the back of the horse. With 15 the Page became a squire. He was then brought to care to 1 knight. The squires duty was to go into war with his knight. He was kind of an medic in battle.

3) Explain the organization of feudal Manors. 
They were found on fiefs and owned by manors. The manor was run by officials. One official was the seneschal. He looked after the nobles fiefs by visiting them. Another one was the bailiff. He made sure, that the peasants worked hard on the field.

4) What was the difference between Freeman and Serfs?
These were the people who worked on the field. The freeman were the people who paid for the land, to get the fight, to farm on it. They worked on the field, whenever they wanted to, but the nobles could throw them out of the Manor without warning. 
The other ones were serfs, who were owned u the nobles. They could NOT move to another area, own their own property, or marry without the nobles permission. They could not be driven off and didn't had to go to the army.

5) What was a serf's life like?  Discuss the "bright" moments.
They could flee and if they were not caught in another city within a year, they became free. In the end of the middle ages, they had the chance, to buy themselves free. Sunday was the rest day were they didn't had to work. On Christmas the lord paid for a great feast and entertainment. Some holidays were celebrated with singing and dancing. Serfs could play soccer, wrestling, and archery.

6) Why did people on a manor produce everything they needed?
Because they had to pay for some of the crops and for the Rest they needed.

7) How could serfs obtain their freedom?
They could flee, and if they were not bought and lived within a city for 1 year, then they were free. Later they could buy their freedom.

8) What changes had taken place in farming by the 1200s?

Serfs had to work 6 days a week instead of 3 days. There were not really farmers anymore. More serfs who worked for the nobles. Serfs had to pay for the equipment they used. People now wanted their own land. The nobles didn't had to work for their product anymore.