Feudal society

A ppt

1. The Middle Ages
a feudal society

2. The society in the Middle Ages
The society was divided into three groups:
-People who fought
-People who prayed
-People who worked

3. PEOPLE WHO FOUGHT
king noblemen knight soldier

4. monk
bishop
nun
PEOPLE WHO PRAYED

5. servant peasant
PEOPLE WHO WORKED

6. THE SOCIAL PYRAMID
noblemen, bishops...
king
knights, nuns, monks...
servants, peasants, soldiers...

7. The society in the Middle Ages
Medieval Society was organized in a feudal tree or pyramid system.
At the top:
The King owned all the land.
He gave parts of his land to the
most important noblemen.
The noblemen supplied the king
with knights and soldiers in time
of war.

8. The peasants.
They worked his Lord’s land.
They had no land.
They were very poor.
The society in the Middle Ages
On the bottom:

9. 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 society in the Middle Ages

10. Everyone worked for a person higher up on the feudal
pyramid.
The knights…
…fought for…
…the noblemen.
…the king.
The society in the Middle Ages

11. The noblemen… …fought for…
.
…the king.
Everyone worked for a person higher up on the feudal
pyramid.
The society in the Middle Ages

12. 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 society in the Middle Ages

13. … knights.
…gave some land to his…The noblemen…
In return for their service people got land or protection
from the person higher up on the feudal pyramid.
The society in the Middle Ages

14. … peasants and servants.
…protected their…
The Lords…
In return for their service people got land or protection
from the person higher up on the feudal pyramid.
The society in the Middle Ages

15. The society in the Middle Ages
If a nobleman or a knight was given some land, he became the
Lord of a Manor.
A manor consisted of ...
a castle
farmland
a little village

16. The society in the Middle Ages
THE LORD
All the people that live in the Manor have to…
He rules the Manor
- obey his rules
- work for him