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    Feudalism consisted of three estates or social groups: the nobility, clergy, and common people. The nobility and clergy were privileged and did not pay taxes or do manual labor. The common people, made up of peasants, merchants, and craftsmen, were non-privileged and had duties of producing food, goods, and paying taxes. Power in the feudal system was structured in a hierarchy with the king at the top, followed by lords and nobles, then knights serving the lords in exchange for land and protection, and peasants at the bottom owning no land. Peasants could be serfs who were completely under the authority of lords or free peasants who owned small plots of land.

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    Feudalism consisted of three estates or social groups: the nobility, clergy, and common people. The nobility and clergy were privileged and did not pay taxes or do manual labor. The common people, made up of peasants, merchants, and craftsmen, were non-privileged and had duties of producing food, goods, and paying taxes. Power in the feudal system was structured in a hierarchy with the king at the top, followed by lords and nobles, then knights serving the lords in exchange for land and protection, and peasants at the bottom owning no land. Peasants could be serfs who were completely under the authority of lords or free peasants who owned small plots of land.

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    Feudalism

    Geography II
    Three Estates (Social Groups)
    1st Estate The Nobility Lords, knights, and their families. Their duty was Privileged: did not have
    to protect the population and the land. They had a to pay taxes or do
    military role manual labor

    2nd The Clergy Those who belonged to the church (monks and Privileged: did not have
    Estate priests). Their duty was to pray for the spiritual to pay taxes or do
    salvation of the people. manual labor

    3rd Estate The Common Consisted of mainly peasants but also included Non-privileged: had to
    People merchants and craftsmen. Their duty was to pay taxes and do manual
    (Workers) produce the food and goods needed by society. labor
    Network of KING: the lord of the land.
    Highest position in the feudal

    Feudal Ties
    system

    PRIVILEGED
    LORDS/NOBLES: the
    Video Link: vassals of the king. Also
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd4lopI ruled over some lower
    PObA ranking knights

    KNIGHTS: served
    the lords in
    exchange for food

    PEASANTS: owned no
    PRIVILEGED

    land of their own, worked


    NON-

    on land owned by nobles


    and knights. The lowest
    rank in the feudal system
    SERFS
    completely under
    the authority of their
    feudal lord. Needed
    their permission for
    everything. Lived and
    died on the same land.
    Were treated poorly.

    FREE PEASANTS
    owned small plots of
    land and
    villages. Could make
    their own personal
    decisions.

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