The Middle Ages

a feudal society

The society in the Middle Ages

The society was divided into three groups:

-People who fought

-People who prayed

-People who worked

PEOPLE WHO FOUGHT

king noblemen knight soldier

monkbishop nun

PEOPLE WHO PRAYED

servant peasant

PEOPLE WHO WORKED

THE SOCIAL PYRAMID

noblemen, bishops...

king

knights, nuns, monks...

servants, peasants, soldiers...

The society in the Middle Ages

Medieval Society was organized in a feudal tree or pyramid system.

At the top:

The King owned all the land.

He gave parts of his land to the most important noblemen.

The noblemen supplied the king with knights and soldiers in time of war.

The peasants.

They worked his Lord’s land.

They had no land.

They were very poor.

The society in the Middle Ages

On the bottom:

Everyone worked for a person higher up on the feudal pyramid.

The servants and the peasants…

…worked for…

…the knights.

…the noblemen.

…the king.

The society in the Middle Ages

Everyone worked for a person higher up on the feudal pyramid.

The knights… …fought for…

…the noblemen.

…the king.

The society in the Middle Ages

The noblemen… …fought for…

.

…the king.

Everyone worked for a person higher up on the feudal pyramid.

The society in the Middle Ages

In return for their service people got land or protection from the person higher up on the feudal pyramid.

… noblemen.

…gave some land to his…The king

The society in the Middle Ages

… knights.

…gave some land to his…The noblemen…

In return for their service people got land or protection from the person higher up on the feudal pyramid.

The society in the Middle Ages

… peasants and servants.

…protected their…The Lords…

In return for their service people got land or protection from the person higher up on the feudal pyramid.

The society in the Middle Ages

The society in the Middle Ages

If a nobleman or a knight was given some land, he became the Lord of a Manor.

A manor consisted of ...

a castlefarmland

a little village

The society in the Middle Ages

THE LORD

All the people that live in the Manor have to…

He rules the Manor

- obey his rules

- work for him