the medieval baker was a freeman. They were aloud to set up bakeries for serfs and they were aloud to move from house to house working for the lords.
Peasant
Peasants were at the bottom level of feudal society.
Archbishop Thomas Becket was one of two archbishops in England. He was therefore at the very top rank of the Church in this country, but as a member of the Church he was not part of the feudal system directly.
Peasants were at the bottom level of feudal society.
The peasantry.
group of people that ocuppies a rank or level in society
Most bakers have a low level of stress, you cannot hurry the rising and baking process.
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.
The Middle Ages lasted a thousand years, from the 5th century to the 15th. The area in which they happened was Europe and the Middle East. Answering this question really requires a book. There is a link to a related question below. Its answer is very short, but it has a long list of links relating to medieval culture, and you might want to look at these.
Low, neolithic to feudal societies were the norm.
The lowest level in the feudal system is typically the peasants or serfs. These individuals worked the land and provided the agricultural labor necessary to support the higher classes, such as lords and knights. They were often bound to the land and had limited rights, serving their lords in exchange for protection and the right to work a portion of the land for their own sustenance.
In the feudal system during and after the Middle Ages, a "knight" was the level below the nobility, who were the level below the king. A "vassal" was granted the use of land in exchange for fealty to a noble or knight. The noblemen directly under the king were called the "barrens" (from which the title baronderives).