The middle ages were dark times. In the middle ages there were social classes that organized the people into sections. This was called the feudal system. The feudal system was a system in which the nobles of the middle ages kept the ownership and control of their lands. It was how people were ranked, for example peasants, lords and knights. It was cruel and unfair because some people were higher ranked than others, and fewer people which were called peasants had very few rights. On the other hand lords were the leadership in the village or manor, they were higher ranked than peasants and the lords had a lot more power and rights than peasants. There were also knights, they protected the lord and his castle. Knights had more rights than the
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Lords controlled the knights, knights were likely to protect lords and their castles. In addition, the lords had less work than the peasants, they labored for the lord and in return they built their homes or huts near the lord's castle and were protected by the lord's knights and the peasants could not leave the land without the lord's permission (Eppery 26). Everyone in the village needed the protection of the lord, not only the peasants but the freeman also needed protection of the lord (Eppery 32-33). Furthermore, lords did not do their own work. In fact "lords controlled most of the land and earned their income from it without having to actually work it. On the other hand, peasants did the work and were subject to the will of the lord" ("social classes"). In addition, lords do not only control their land but, they also control everyone that is lower in the feudal pyramid than them. For example, farmers, the ones who own shops of some sort and even knights ( knights are the soldiers and they get rewarded). From what I said before Most of the peasants were serfs " they were bound to the lord's estate. That is they would not leave without the lord's permission". Feudalism and it's power was all given to the lord to handle and takeover to keep his village
Lords controlled the knights, knights were likely to protect lords and their castles. In addition, the lords had less work than the peasants, they labored for the lord and in return they built their homes or huts near the lord's castle and were protected by the lord's knights and the peasants could not leave the land without the lord's permission (Eppery 26). Everyone in the village needed the protection of the lord, not only the peasants but the freeman also needed protection of the lord (Eppery 32-33). Furthermore, lords did not do their own work. In fact "lords controlled most of the land and earned their income from it without having to actually work it. On the other hand, peasants did the work and were subject to the will of the lord" ("social classes"). In addition, lords do not only control their land but, they also control everyone that is lower in the feudal pyramid than them. For example, farmers, the ones who own shops of some sort and even knights ( knights are the soldiers and they get rewarded). From what I said before Most of the peasants were serfs " they were bound to the lord's estate. That is they would not leave without the lord's permission". Feudalism and it's power was all given to the lord to handle and takeover to keep his village