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The Middle Ages
a feudal society
Roser de Antonio Garcia
The Middle Ages a feudal society
The society in the Middle Ages
The society was divided into three groups:
People who fought People who prayed
People who worked
The Middle Ages a feudal society
The society in the Middle Ages
PEOPLE WHO FOUGHT
king nobleman knight soldier
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The society in the Middle Ages
PEOPLE WHO PRAYED
monkbishop nun
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The society in the Middle Ages
PEOPLE WHO WORKED
servantpeasant
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The society in the Middle Ages
king
noblemen, bishops...
kights, nuns, monks...
servants, peasants, soldiers...
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Medieval Society was organized in a feudal tree or pyramid system.
The King owned all the land.
WHO WAS ON THE TOP OF THE SOCIETY?
He gave parts of his land to the most important noblemen.
The noblemen supplied the king with knights and soldiers in time of war.
The Middle Ages a feudal society
The society in the Middle Ages
Medieval Society was organized in a feudal tree or pyramid system.
The peasants.
WHO WAS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SOCIETY?
They worked his Lord’s land.
They had no land.
They were very poor.
The Middle Ages a feudal society
The society in the Middle Ages
Everyone worked for a person higher up on the feudal pyramid.
The servants and the peasants…
…worked for…
…the knights.
…the noblemen.
…the king.
The Middle Ages a feudal society
The society in the Middle Ages
Everyone worked for a person higher up on the feudal pyramid.
The knights… …fought for….
…the noblemen.
…the king.
The Middle Ages a feudal society
The society in the Middle Ages
Everyone worked for a person higher up on the feudal pyramid.
The noblemen… …fought for…
.
…the king.
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The society in the Middle Ages
In return for their service people got land or protection from the person higher up on the feudal pyramid.
… noblemen.
…gave some land to his…The king
The Middle Ages a feudal society
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In return for their service people got land or protection from the person higher up on the feudal pyramid.
… knights.
…gave some land to his…The noblemen…
The Middle Ages a feudal society
The society in the Middle Ages
In return for their service people got land or protection from the person higher up on the feudal pyramid.
… peasants and servants.
…protected their…The Lords…
The Middle Ages a feudal society
The society in the Middle AgesIf a nobleman or a knight was given some land,
he became the Lord of a Manor.
A manor consisted of ...
a castlefarmland
a little village
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THE LORD
All the people that live in the Manor have to…
He rules the Manor
…obey his rules.
…work for him.
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The society in the Middle Ages
And the bishops, the monks and the nuns?
People strongly believed in Heaven and Hell.
Heaven Hell
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The society in the Middle Ages
And the bishops, the monks and the nuns?
If they prayed for you, you went to...
If they didn’t pray for you, you went to...
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The society in the Middle Ages
The Catholic Church was a poweful institution.
People didn’t want to go to Hell, so...
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The society in the Middle AgesSecurity and comfort depended on the work of each other
fought for
fought for
prayed for
prayed for
worked for
worked for
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Who do you want to be?
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Do you want to be the king?
•You own all the land in the country.
•You decide who is a Lord.
•You are very rich.
•Your father was a king.
•If you loose a war, you will loose land and power.
•You command the Lords.
•The Lords and the knights fight for you in times of war.
The Middle Ages a feudal society
Do you want to be the a Lord?
•You rule a manor
•Many servants and peasants work for you.
•You are rich.
•Your father was a Lord or a king.
•You have to obey the King.
•Everybody in the manor obey your rules.
•You have to supply the King with knights in time of war.
The Middle Ages a feudal society
Would you have wanted to be a knight?
•You live in the castle of the Manor
•You have some servants who obey your commands.
•Your father was a Lord.
•You have to obey your Lord.
•You have a horse and an armour.
•Eventually you can become a Lord.
•You have to fight for your Lord in times of war.
The Middle Ages a feudal society
Would you have wanted to be a servant?
•You live in the castle of the Manor
•You have to obey your Lord
•You have to work very hard.
•You can’t leave the Manor without the permission of your Lord .
•You are poor.
•Your parents were peasants or servants
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Would you have wanted to be a peasant?
•You live in the village of the Manor.
•You have to obey your Lord
•You have to work very hard.
•You can’t leave the Manor without the permission of your Lord .
•You don’t have any possession.The land you work, your animals, your house, your clothes, your food… all belong to the Lord of the Manor.
•You are very poor.
•Your parents were peasants.
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In the Middle Ages he was a peasant.
He worked his Lord’s land
His house belonged to his Lord
He had to obey always
his Lord
His son will be a peasant too.
His son can study and be whatever he wants
He works his own land
He lives in his own house
He can choose his ruler.
Nowadays he is a farmer.
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Nowadays....
...everybody can live in his own house?
...all the children can study and be in the future whatever they want?
...everybody can choose his rulers?
The Middle Ages a feudal society
WAS IT FAIR?
