In the Middle Ages one were born into a class of society, the people of that class would generally stay in it for their entire life. Clergy ranked up with the higher classes and the peasants were the lowest class. Over 90% of people were peasants. Clergy were also an important part and had and influential role in society during the Middle Ages, though they were not considered one of the social classes of the middle ages but had a separate class, and interestingly enough they did have a hierarchy of their own (Newman). The Pope was at the top, while nuns and monks were at the lowest. The lowest social rank in the Middle Ages was the peasants. The peasant class included Freemen who had some rights and land, serfs who had no rights, and slaves
