Middle Ages
- Feudalism- a political, military and economic system based on land holding and protective alliances (the system is based on personal loyalty to people who can help you)
- Made up of the rich guy who owns the land and needs people to protect and work on it. And the tough guys who do all the work and help the rich guy protect his land
- Feudalism Pyramid: Vassals/Nobles/Bishops (top powerful guys), Knights ( warriors who protect the land: in the middle), Peasants/Serfs (poor, powerless people who just worked on the land for the rich guy, a lot of these guys were present during this time, on the bottom of the pyramid)
- Manor: the lords estate consisted of the amazing lord's manor house, a church, and some workshops (the manor was kind of small)
- Knights and protectors were given Fiefs which were pieces of the lords land and a house where they could sleep
- Peasants were taxed on grain, marriage, and the church. They paid very high taxes
- They lived in crowded cottages with live animals and insects living in them as well
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