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The person of highest rank was usually a monarch, with the title (in descending order) of emperor, king, prince, duke, or count. All these ranks except emperor were also titles used for people who were not at the highest level, since some kings had emperors above them. Emperor, king, and prince, however, were ranks of royalty, which duke and count were not.
The ranks of peerage used in England were (in descending order) duke, marquess, earl (equivalent of count), viscount, and baron. A peer was a member of the nobility who was expected to be of service in council for the king. Peers were not commoners.
The ranks of nobility below peerage were knight and baronet. These titles were noble, but the people who held them were commoners. Also regarded as members of the nobility were all owners of manors and the immediate families of all members of the nobility.
The middle class was merchants and craftsmen, and some of these were as wealthy as members of the high nobility, but they were not of noble families.
Nevertheless, they could be of high political rank, and were certainly important.
In many places there were governments run as republics or even corporations. The highest ranking people within these governments, which usually were only for town and cities, were usually commoners. Such cities, called free cities, communes, or by other names, were often within kingdoms and subject to the king, but sometimes were independent, as was the case of a number of city states in Italy and elsewhere.
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∙ 12y agoThe head of a feudal manor was a lord or lady of he manor. The lord or lady could be of any rank of nobility, or untitled but from a noble family.
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What is the definition of a medieval lord?
A man of high rank in a feudal society or in one that retains feudal forms and institutions, especially:A king.A territorial magnate.The proprietor of a manor.
What are seigneurs?
a seingneur is person that has been given permission from the king to build land and divide it into 32 pieces and give it to the habitants who come from France. a seigneurie is the piece of land that the seigneur owns that gets divided by him and given to the habitants.
Why as William conqueror important?
William the Conqueror was a very important man in the Middle Ages period, mainly for introducing the feudal system when he became King of The Roman Empire.
What is feudal stystem?
The feudal system was one in which there was a king ruling over an entire kingdom. Since the kingdom was too large to handle (and also because the kings were too busy enjoying themselves), they gave charge of feifdoms to the feudal lords who were just influential people who boot-licked the king pretty well. However with the duration of time, these feudal lords began to think themselves as kings over the feifdoms, and the result was that the common man was exploited a lot. It gave rise to castes and stratas in society.
How does the hierarchy of the Catholic Church compare to the hierarchy of the feudal system in Western Europe?
A:The medieval popes regarded themselves as the highest power in Europe. Depending on circumstances, they claimed to be the temporal equal of the Holy Roman Emperor, but at other times, greater than the emperor or beholden to him. The pope was generally the wealthiest man in Europe and many of the medieval and Rennaisance popes like to live a lifestyle that reflected this.The cardinals were the next rank in the Church hierarchy and considered themselves 'princes of the Church', once again living in extravagent luxury, like princes or petty kings.If we wish to compare the Catholic Church hierarchy to the hierarchy of the secular feudal system, then the bishops and abbots certainly fitted in as the equivalent of the feudal lords. They often held huge landholdings, just like ordinary barons, and demanded subservience from all around them.Priests and monks could perhaps be compared to the knights of old. In fact, some of them were warrior priests, especially during and after the Crusades.
What is the definition of a medieval lord?
A man of high rank in a feudal society or in one that retains feudal forms and institutions, especially:A king.A territorial magnate.The proprietor of a manor.
What in feudal time a man at arms serving on horseback and ad mitted to a military rank with an oath to protect the distressed?
knight
What are seigneurs?
a seingneur is person that has been given permission from the king to build land and divide it into 32 pieces and give it to the habitants who come from France. a seigneurie is the piece of land that the seigneur owns that gets divided by him and given to the habitants.
What is the nationality of the surname Frey?
German: status name for a free man, as opposed to a bondsman or serf, in the feudal system, from Middle High German vri 'free', 'independent'.Source: Ancestry.com
What is the vassal in the feudal system?
The vassal was a fat man with a purple beard that had five pounds of spaghetti in his fanny pack
Why as William conqueror important?
William the Conqueror was a very important man in the Middle Ages period, mainly for introducing the feudal system when he became King of The Roman Empire.
What rank do you unlock one man army MW2?
You get it at rank 45.
What is castle life for a night in the feudal society?
They had 8 man orgys
In the feudal system How much power does a Clergy have?
If you think of the system in three levels. The first level is the Church, the second is the nobility, and the final level is the peasant. The Church ruled the society and taught that man was born in sin and the only way to save their souls was to go through the church. They were the middle man between man and God.
Why wouldn't the feudal system work today?
The monarch has no need for landowners to provide military service for 40 days a year. S/he has the army. If that part doesn't work any more, the rest falls apart.
What does a lieutant do in the army?
That is simply the man's rank. Rank has little to do with what he does...it's his "MOS" that counts...Lt is the lowest officer rank in the US military system (the Navy equivalent is ENSIGN). Lt's (or Ensigns) can lead men on the ground (grunts), artillery, mortars, trucks, tanks, helicopters, jets, airplanes, engineer units, etc. His rank makes him a "supervisor" (in civilian terms).
What is feudal stystem?
The feudal system was one in which there was a king ruling over an entire kingdom. Since the kingdom was too large to handle (and also because the kings were too busy enjoying themselves), they gave charge of feifdoms to the feudal lords who were just influential people who boot-licked the king pretty well. However with the duration of time, these feudal lords began to think themselves as kings over the feifdoms, and the result was that the common man was exploited a lot. It gave rise to castes and stratas in society.
