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Social Classes in the Middle Ages - Coggle Diagram
Social Classes in the
Middle Ages
Peasants
Place in the social pyramid
Clothing
Education
Benefits
Lifestyle
Marriage
Clergy
Who were they?
Clothing
Social structure
(Top to bottom)
Knights
Clothing
Armor: made of metal. Weighed between 20-30 pounds and took about 5 years to make.
Underneath their armor they used light clothing to protect their bodies from the armor's damage.
Helmet: made of metal, and had eyeholes for the knights to breathe and see.
Shield: made of metal or wood, used to protect themselves.
How to become a knight
You have to be a noble to become a knight
You had to be strong and follow the Chivalry
Chivalry: set of rules or principals that knights followed to be good knights.
At the age of 16 they became squires. And, at the age of 20, it was decided wether you were worthy enough or not to become a knight.
Weapons
Sword: made of metal and sighed between 2-3 pounds. It was their main defence weapon.
Knifes, lances, metal axes, battle hammers
Home
They didn't have a specific home because they moved from place to place. They moved from a noble's castle to another. They slept in the first floors of the castle.
Education
They learned how to read, write (in Latin and French), fight and dance. The ones that weren't worthy enough to become knights were sent to church to become clerics. They were constantly away from home.
Benefits
Nobles
Family - childhood
20% of girls died at birth, while only 10% of boys did.
Children were baptised at the age of seven.
Marriage
Nobles had planned marriages. This marriages were never based on love, but on wealth and power.
Home
They lived in big castles with many rooms, floors, and servants. They were also used to show status.
Food
They had abundant food.
Place in the pyramid
They are in the highest place of the social pyramid. They are there because they were the only ones with enough resources to have enough food. These food was given to the town's people who gave respect to nobles. This is hw they earned their social status.
Education
Boys: they left the house at the age of seven to live in another castle. There an external teacher taught them how to read, write, dance, and fight. These boys would become knights or clerics (part of church).
Girls: some were taught how to read, write, and act like a lady. They were taught at home.
Wormen
They were very important in the family because they were the ones that earned a lot of money for the family depending with whom they got married. This is why they were carefully taken care of when they got sick (something common in the Middle Ages). They had planned marriages, based on wealth and power. Men had power over them.