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the medieval way of life known as feudalism was based on the ownership of land and feudal social Ross's reflected how much land people owned  royalty like kings and queens were in the highest class after them came the noble Lord such as dukes and Earls  they were followed by the knights  super Loud by skilled Craftsmen followed by slowly serfs who work the land under the feudal system people of lower classes show their respect to the upper classes by serving them and for their service they place to Rewards  for example the Lord of a great Castle might serve his King by supplying him with knights and soldiers for more  to show his appreciation for the service the king might reward the Lord with the gift of land usually in the turn of a manner which was an important unit of territory in feudal society a man are usually came complete with a large house like several farms and at least one Village along with all the serfs who lived in it  the crow these land Supply the Lord with his income and the more manners he had the Richer he became the serfs who belonged to the manors never got rich they were at the bottom of feudal society because they owns Nola serfs were not even allowed to move away from a manner without the Lord's permission because his wealth depended on the Labor Day find  the Lord rewarded his serfs for the service of their labor by giving them a place to live turn off the crops they raised and protection during dangerous times because surfs owns no land they had nothing to pass down from one generation to the next so their families always remained for in their man or Villages they were not even allowed to play their own grain into flour for bread instead they had to pay to have a ground at the Lord's Mill Turtle Society even though serfs produced nearly all the food did most of the hard labor and we're the largest class of people they had few rights and almost no opportunity for education as a result he was nearly impossible for them to rise above the poverty that rule their lives wild Serfs why did the labor ungrateful Estates Knights were highly valued for their military skills so there were always quite a few of them on when does Castle  Knights were professional Warriors who usually fought on Horseback they were very different from the ordinary pictures of that time because they came from wealthy families and they were much better trained  training for night began at eight years of age when a boy was sent to a castle to become a page a student and servant of an experience night  is painting went on for many years and it wasn't Justin how to fight  it was also in such things as horsemanship reading singing chess and the Art of falconry special contest called tournaments wear off held so that Knights and those learning to be Knights practice the skills they needed for combat tournaments were popular forms of entertainment evil times but they were dangerous and nights were often severely injured participating in them  because nights well-to-do families and we're so valued for their fighting skills they held a very high position in feudal society just below the noble rights that was why to show them respect nights were always addressed as sir I know the Lord put often reward a night for his courage with the gift of Manor lands and the income they provided so out of Lords greatest state not uncommon to find nights living in many of the manor houses

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