The middle ages

The Middle Ages was based off feudalism. Thnk of the Middle Ages as a pyramid, on top were the kings, next we're the nobles,then were the vassals, and below the vassals were the peasants. Nobles would in exchange for power over a section of land give their military services and the loyalty to the king. The nobles would then separate the lAnd they had into smaller sections and have lesser lords rule over them called vassals. Peasants were the people who would work on the land. The land that was granted to vassals were called fiefs or manors. The peasants worked on the land in exchange for a place to live and protection. In order for the manors to succeed, they followed under a three-field system. The three-field system was a rotation of harvesting in the falls, spring harvest, and not seeded harvest. Lords and knights had to follow under the code of chivalry. This code was an honor system that strongly condemned betrayal and promoted mutual respect. Once a lord dies, his land and title would be passed down to his eldest son. Women in this time period had either very few to no rights at all. Created by: Ashleigh Garcia In order to keep peace in the land, deals were made between the different social classes. For example, if a knight needed food to feed his men, he would offer a peasant farmer protection while the peasant would grow crops for the knights' men. These deals were made between every kind of social class, kings to peasants. This allowed the different classes to get along with one another, by way of deal making. Paragraph by Logan Jones