Social Structures in the Middle Ages

I own all the land

• King or Monarch

• Nobles. Lords and Bishops

• Knights

• Peasants

I rule over all business matters and collect taxes

• King or Monarch

• Nobles. Lords and Bishops

• Knights

• Peasants

I provide knights for the King

• King or Monarch

• Nobles. Lords and Bishops

• Knights

• Peasants

I produce all the food

• King or Monarch

• Nobles. Lords and Bishops

• Knights

• Peasants

I was most likely to be the son of a noble

• King or Monarch

• Nobles. Lords and Bishops

• Knights

• Peasants

I live in a large castle, manor or feif

• King or Monarch

• Nobles. Lords and Bishops

• Knights

• Peasants

My group make up less than 1% of the population but control nearly all the wealth

• King or Monarch

• Nobles. Lords and Bishops

• Knights

• Peasants

What was feif?

• A medieval peasant under the control of the lord whose lands he worked

• a parcel of of land

• a person who offers their services to a lord in return for protection and land

• a system in which people gave kings and lords money and worked in exchange for protection

I administer the country

• King or Monarch

• Nobles. Lords and Bishops

• Knights

• Peasants

I am heavily taxed and pay rent

• King or Monarch

• Nobles. Lords and Bishops

• Knights

• Peasants