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Nobles:

this person is of hiqher rank by birth or title

They are a hiqher class then peasants

Very rich

They were able to be educated

Peasants:

They had to work hard, and do everyone elses dirty work...but even then noone respected then or helped them, they just took all of thier hard work and made then do more and more

They are one of the lowest classes

Hopelessly Poor

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What were three major traditions in the medieval times?

Feudalism and the Church.


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No. Knights were nobility ( anyone who wasn't nobility couldn't be a knight) and they were about 10% of the population. The largest population of people were the peasant class.


What did social diversity do in the medieval ages?

In the Middle Ages there was no social diversity. People were born into a class of people and that is where they stayed. If they were a peasant they stayed a peasant, a serf stayed a serf, clergy stayed with the church, and the nobility stayed in their class. A noble didn't marry a peasant and a peasant didn't become educated since there were no schools. There was no upward mobility within the society.


Who washed clothes in the middle ages?

No one. Outer garments were never washed and underwear sometimes was washed. If it was worn by a peasant they did it, but the nobility had a serf do the laundry.


What were the peasents controlled by lords called in1066?

There were two kinds of people on the land. First, there were the serfs or slaves. Next, there was the peasant. The only difference between the two is that slaves were owned by the estate and the peasant wasn't. The peasant earned his small hut to live in by working the estates land and taking care of the crops and animals. He was able to have a small patch of ground for himself and family, but 90% of his labor went to the lord of the manor. When he died he paid a tax for dying. Both the peasant and the serf were expected to fight in the wars that happened in conjunction with the estate where they lived. As far as an exact word for the time as to what these people were called I would say "peasant" is close. When William conquered England he spoke French so as a result the nobility spoke French and the common people spoke English. So, the French speaking nobility may have called them one thing and the English speaking peasant may have thought of him/herself as another.