What was a fief?

1. a large estate that included farm fields, pastures, and sometimes a village

2. a tax paid to the lord by the peasants who worked the land

3. a peasant who was considered to be part of the manor

4. a share of the lord’s land given to a vassal

which group of people attacked and looted european towns, but who also reopened trade routes?

the franks

the huns

the visigoths

the vikings

best answer will get brainless and points wrong ones will be reported.