Knights or those who fought were young nobles that were part of an elite class. The first step to becoming a knight was being a paige where you learned basic training. The second step was being a squire where you learned more of how to battle and got to test your skills against each other. The third and final step was becoming a knight which ended your basic training and then you helped defend the country. Training was in arts of war, learning to ride and manage horses, acquire skill in wieldin

Those who worked made up the largest group and had to survive with in many poor conditions. Serfs had to pay fees to their lords, were often tied to their land and Serfdom was a hereditary condition. Peasants owed obligation to their lord such as tilling the lord’s fields. Most of the manor was cultivated for the lord, and the other part of the manor was held by the peasants. Life on the manor was dull but secure because when other lords would attack the lord would take them all of his serfs and peasants into his castle with giant walls and none of the lords could get inside. Those who worked were important because they would plant and harvest crops for their lord and then the lord would give them part of the crops, and occasionally beer or cheese. Unlike a slave, a serf could not be sold by his lord to another lord like an animal. However, a serf could give money to a third party, who could buy the serf from the lord in order to free the serf. Many hard-working serfs acqui

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