Social Classes In Medieval England

In medieval England it was all about Social Class, what social class you were apart of seted the tone of not only your life but the life of all your future generations. These Social classes were separated by mainly three groups Royalty and the Church these were both considered equally important even though most will say that the Church had more authority. The Church and those in the Royalty Family were the most crooked and only looked for what was the best for them. Next came the Nobles such as your Knights these were seen as the most respected because of the virtues they possessed. Lastly came your Serfs and Peasants these were at the bottom of the list and were the ones that lived in poverty which accounted for 90 percent of the population. This type of system lasted for hundreds of years. People were pretty much told what you are going to be for the rest of your life so get use to it because that is what you are going to be and also what your children are going to be.
All of this was mainly determined by one thing and that was who was your father, if your father was a king you will later …show more content…
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