In the society of the High Middle Ages, social classification of the people who were not leaders or privileged members by birth was determined by your profession. While I do not believe this is moral or just, this society ... 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 ... a third party, wh...

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... the world. During these Medieval times, feudalism evolved in order to establish a government and source of protection for every class of person, low and high. The feudal system takes the form of a pyramid with people of lower social class working under their superiors and in some cases commanding people under ... lower status than the vassals, making them lower on the pyramid (Harpur 36-37). Manor lords must supply food to their vassals so they grant their land to the largest class of people during the medieval ages, known as serfs. The serf was always on the bottom of the pyramid unless...

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... the greatest influence on the rights and responsibilities of women in society are economic conditions, religious traditions, war, and politics. ~Weapons and equip.-private armies,saddles,stirrups,armor,high flying missiles. War games-tournaments. Code of Chivalry-complex set of ideals, demanded that a knight fight bravely in defense of 3 masters,-loyal,brave,courteous. Castle life-home ... of Europe eventually ceased as a result of several factors, among which was the fact that farming conditions in the Viking homeland improved. -usurpation-to take something w/out permission -Middle Age...

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... claimed this was the cause of blindness in the peasants (Hoch, p.60). The huts were so tiny that there was no room for beds. High platforms over the stove and along the walls were built for the people to sleep on (Hoch, p.61). Fresh straw was used for comfort ... shares of the crops. The serfs had to live in such horrible and unsuitable conditions, yet, the masters forced them to pay ridiculously high taxes for the land they worked and lived on. This ever increasing exploitation of the serfs reduced them by the end of the seventeenth century ... . Children of the serfs, automatically be...

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