HISTORY
MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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amount of money earned
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level of education achieved
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number of slaves owned
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amount of land possessed
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Detailed explanation-1: -Under the feudal system land was granted to people for service. It started at the top with the king granting his land to a baron for soldiers all the way down to a peasant getting land to grow crops. The center of life in the Middle Ages was the manor. The manor was run by the local lord.
Detailed explanation-2: -The main source of ideological power in Europe in the Middle Ages was the Church.
Detailed explanation-3: -The kings believed they were given the right to rule by God. This was called “divine right". Lords and Barons swore oaths of homage and fealty to their kings. The Lord held absolute power over the fief or manor including holding court and deciding punishments for crimes.
Detailed explanation-4: -The feudal system meant that ownership of land was the basic measure of status in the medieval social hierarchy.