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A large estate owned by a noble or knight in the middle ages was called a?

manor


What was France called during the Middle Ages?

France changed and evolved (just like everything else) over the very long medieval period. Similarly the names for the country were different in different languages.In Anglo-Norman French, France was variously known as France, Franche, Franse, Fraunsse, Fraunce, Fraunche, Frauncze.In Middle English the terms Franks, Fransh and Frensh were used.For much of the medieval period France was not the same as the country we know today; in 1154 it consisted of a very small area around Paris and Orleans while Henry II of England owned a much greater area consisting of Normandy, Maine, Anjou, Touraine, Poitou, Berry, Angouleme, Aquitaine, Limousin, Perigord and as far south as Gascony (this was all therefore English territory); Brittany, Burgundy, Toulouse and Flanders were all independent kingdoms unconnected to the kings of France or England.


The majority of people during the Middle Ages were?

90% of the population were serfs. They grew the crops, fought the nobility's wars, died by the thousands in war, disease, and accidents.


What did a Franklin do in medieval times?

A Franklin was a freeman who owned land, but was not of noble birth. So not a noble, but not a serf, this is the origin of the term 'middle class'. Most franklins were farmers.


Who is in lower class in middle ages?

The serfs were the poorest people in the Middle Ages. In the Middle Ages there were also homeless people and abandoned children/women so they could be considered the poorest. They lived in the streets and would go to the rivers/coasts to pick up discarded items and garbage.