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King lords vassal's knights peasants and serfs is this the ranking of people in medieval times?
In secular society, the order was:Royalty at the topNobilityFree people, including merchants, tradesmen, and so onSerfsand sometimes there were slavesKnights, who were usually considered to be the lowest rank of nobility.Peasants included freemen, serfs and slaves. Freemen were independent farmers. Serfs were dependents of nobles or landed gentry, to whom they owed allegiance; serfs were not entirely free, but were not slaves either. Most countries did not have slaves.
What is a brewers place on the hierachy in medieval society?
Brewers were freemen, and were above serfs but below the nobility, in the middle class with other merchants and tradesmen.
In the middle ages what did a freeman pay?
I am assuming the question is referring to rent. The rent to freemen on different manorial estates varied with the estate. The rents were provided in leases, and these were negotiated one by one. Freemen paid amounts that were similar to the rents of serfs. The only advantage of being a freeman was that you could leave whenever you wanted, and the disadvantage was that the lord could evict you whenever he wanted, both subject to the terms of the lease, of course.
What two medieval society names?
feudal system or feudalism.
What level in society was a medieval knight?
The 2nd highest, beneath the Kings and Queens. (ect. Kings and Queens, Knights and Nobles, Lesser Nobles, Freemen and Freewomen, Serfs) wrong knights were below the pope which makes them 3
