Social Classes in the Middle Ages
Peasants
Clergy
Knights
Nobles
Family - childhood
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Place in the pyramid
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How to become a knight
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.
Weapons
Sword: made of metal and sighed between 2-3 pounds. It was their main defence weapon.
Knifes, lances, metal axes, battle hammers
You have to be a noble to become a knight
Home
Education
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.
Nobles had planned marriages. This marriages were never based on love, but on wealth and power.
20% of girls died at birth, while only 10% of boys did.
They lived in big castles with many rooms, floors, and servants. They were also used to show status.
They had abundant food.
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
Place in the social pyramid
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.
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.
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.
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.
Children were baptised at the age of seven.
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