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Around year 1000, towns began to appear. Population increase cause's towns to grow. Knights want money instead of land and cause trade to increase. When knights came back from Crusades, they told serfs about the world and they left manors for towns.

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The king was born into rule as the greatest Lord. The king gave land to nobles and knights in return for protection.  The king also built castles for protection.

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Nobles were vassals to the king and provided him with protection in return for land. Nobles could have more power and be lords to other nobles. Knight were vassals to the nobles. Nobles gave knights land in return for there service.

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Knights were vassals to lords. They served lords in return for land. Knights also wore heavy suits of armor and fought on horseback.

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Peasants had to live on manors and were not allowed to own any land. The peasants were allowed to farm on a lord's land if they give payment and a portion of the food they grew. Peasants were not free to leave the manor. Peasants also had no formal education.

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Eleanor lived from around 1122-1204. Eleanor married to king Louis the 7th. Soon Eleanor divorced Louis and married king Henry the 2nd. Eleanor was also the mother of the future king Richard the Lion-heart.

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The daily life in a manor varied depending on who you were. The owner of the manor, called the lord, had one big house or castle to live in. There was one church, a forest, fields for farming, and a source of water. while the lord was relaxing in his fancy home, the peasants, or serfs, were farming wheat, making bread and "relaxing" in their one room dirt floored huts.

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William brought feudalism to Britain and later conquered England. When he took over England, he named himself king. He then rewarded the knights who won the battle for him with large estates of land.

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Biographies for Kids: William the Conqueror

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Kids learn about the biography of William the Conqueror from the Middle Ages. The Norman who became king of England.