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During the Middle Ages, artists were mostly independent craftsmen. This put them outside the much talked about structure of medieval social classes, which consisted of peasants, nobles, and clergy. Along with merchants, craftsmen were what we would call middle class, a group most medieval social theorists chose to ignore when they wrote about the structure of feudalism.

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Why did armor and therefore knighthood represent a higher social class?

because he was born into the middle ages


What was the name of the upper class during the middle ages?

the middle class was the freetowners, it goes POPE KING NOBLES KNIGHTS FREETOWNERS PEASANTS SERFS The Middle Class rose during the Middle Ages in Europe for a variety of reasons. First of these reasons is that the workers became richer in the aftermath of the Black Death. Secondly, education in Europe was greatly improved with the invention of the Printing Press. Thirdly, the formation of banking greatly improved the economy in favour of the Middle Class. Lastly, the formation of medieval republics benefited the Middle Class. The Middle class consisted of Freetowners, people below the knights and nobles but above peasants and serfs... https://sites.google.com/site/seniorschoolstudy/history/rise-of-the-middle-class---middle-ages


As the middle ages ended the rise of a middle class in western europe can be attributed partly to the?

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What occupations were available during the middle ages?

Labourer's carpenters, blacksmiths, Farrier's silversmiths, soldiers, artists, sailer's butcher's fishermen, to name but a few.


Was the nun in middle class during the medieval ages?

There was no particular class associated with nuns in the Middle Ages. Nuns were not technically members of the clergy, even if they were highly educated. They could have come from backgrounds that were peasant, noble, or even royal. But technically, they had no class. Perhaps this would make them fit some definitions of the middle class, but middle class implies things that do not fit well with what a nun was.