The document provides details about typical days for a Greek housewife in Classical Greece and a peasant during the Middle Ages in Europe. It describes the housewife's daily routine which involved waking up early, eating a small breakfast, sending her husband off to work, entertaining herself at home as women were rarely allowed to go out, supervising servants, and having a small evening meal with her husband. It then outlines the feudal system that emerged during the Middle Ages, with kings granting land to lords in exchange for military service, lords managing the land and people, and peasants working the lands and paying lords with food, labor, and other services.

1. Major Changes Period of Time Renaissance 1300s-1600s Middle Ages 500-1400s Classical Period 5th and 4th centuries BC

2. 1-4 Notes: Europe before Transatlantic Travel

8. Feudalism Nobles (lords) King Knights (vassals) 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. Every lord pledged loyalty, or homage, to the king. He agreed to always support the king; he agreed to provide troops of knights ready to fight when needed; and he promised to do a good job of governing his part of the kingdom. Knight received land (called manor) in exchange for military service. Many peasants worked on the land and paid knights in food and labor. Many more worked in the shops and in the lord's castle. The lord was the manager of it all. He had to make sure that everything got done and that all of the people were taken care of. When the king called, the lord had to drop everything else and go to serve his king. Peasants (serfs)

12. Renaissance “rebirth”