The Importance Of Hierarchy In Medieval Times

In medieval times there was a hierarchy, this hierarchy consist of many parts. Some of theseparts were ranked higher in medieval times than others. This means certain levels of the hierarchy livedin poverty while the others lived in what would now be called “The One Percent”. They lived in the bestcastles with the best food and servants to wait on them hand and foot while the rest of the kingdomlived on little to nothing. There were many components of the hierarchy, the King and or Queen,everyone who worked in the castle or church and then the peasants and servants and serfs.During the medieval times, or dark ages, there were many kings to take the throne. Like KingJohn, William the Conquer, and King Edward. Each of these kings have a long …show more content…
The life of the peasant was very hard from a young age. They would neverreceive an education except what was needed to carry out the daily duties. It was very hard for apeasant to move up on the hierarchy chain. Because most of the time where you were born is whereyou would live the rest of your life. And most of the kingdom got the short end of the straw and werestuck in the fields until the day they died.Over all, the king and the queens had it the best. The noble men and the lords had to do somework but still lived the life of high society. And then the peasants were left to attend to the rest of thekingdom. Now and days most everyone lives in between being a lord or a noble and being a peasant. Weget to sleep in warm beds at night, unlike the peasants who slept on floors or piles of hay most of thetime. But during the day we must work for our food and homes and lives. The kings practically hadeverything handed to them on a silver platter, but the peasants put everything on that platter. Thehierarchy system doesn’t seem very fair considering the life you were born into is the one you werestuck with no matter how hard you worked to get out of