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1. The church/clergy 2.. The Nobility 3. Serf/peasant
In "The Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer, the clergy members are the Prioress (head of a convent), the Monk, the Friar, the Parson (humble village priest), and the Summoner. Each of these characters represents different aspects of the clergy in medieval society.
During the eighteenth century, the French people were split up into three groups; the clergy, noblemen, and peasents, but during the medieval times of France, there were two social groups of people, the smart and the dumb.
Lower nobility, some clergy and most knights were considered to be members of the middle class in medieval society during the Middle Ages. Often, these people were richer than those classified as upper class.
Sidney Painter has written: 'Medieval society' 'The reign of King John' 'A history of the Middle Ages, 284-1500' 'The scourge of the clergy'
The clergy could administer the sacraments, so everyone who hoped to gain salvation depended on clergy to help them.
The Catholic Church controlled Kings and queens as well as their nations. They set the rules and controlled man's connection with God.
Medieval Chronicle Society was created in 1999.
The Clergy
There was only the Catholic church and they ruled the government and society.
The stock answer on this one was that clergy were the people who could read and write, and very few other members of medieval society could. I think there is clear evidence that this answer is not entirely true. There is a link below to a related question whose answer goes into more detail on this.
"Social class" describes the levels of medieval society.