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The Feudal System and the Crusades The Feudal System Feudalism: a way of organizing and governing people based on land and service   Homage: a formal ceremony establishing feudal ties between a lord and a vassal   Code of Chivalry: a code of conduct for knights based on courtesy, honor, and loyalty to the church   Manorialism: a self-contained economic and agricultural system   Fief: an estate with peasants, led by a nobleman in exchange for loyalty and military help   Vassal: a nobleman who served a higher-ranking lord and who held land for that lord   Lord: a nobleman who controlled a fief