WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -A social hierarchy divided the peasantry: at the bottom of the structure were the serfs, who were legally tied to the land they worked.

Detailed explanation-2: -Peasants’ lives were heavily controlled by those above them in society: the nobility, the Church and the king.

Detailed explanation-3: -Feudal lords hired serfs to farm and take care of the land owned by the nobility. Noble lords could pay serfs lower wages and take ownership of their labor. Serfs in the Middle Ages were typically the poorest class in the feudal system. They were considered peasants, but were the poorest of the peasant class.

Detailed explanation-4: -The feudal system was a way of organising society into different groups based on their roles. It had the king at the top with all of the control, and the peasants at the bottom doing all of the work.

Detailed explanation-5: -Feudalism in Europe had four levels. The king was at the top, nobles were below him, and knights fought for the nobles. The peasants or serfs were at the bottom of the system, and they worked on the land as payment for their dwellings.