Landed gentry

Document 1) A: The Feudalism provided protection and military services for their families. Nobles agreed to give their loyalty to the king. As the peasants worked the land for the knights and nobles and which they gave to them was protection and a portion of the harvest to feed their families. Document 2) A: The manor was a largely self sufficient system in which the lord’s land was farmed by his serfs slaves bound to the land. The manor didn’t just include farmers, but artisans who had provided

Manorialism was an economic structure during the high middle ages that consisted of a lord and his vassals who served him and his wife. The serfs had more rights than slaves but they were tied to the land of their lord even when their land was captured by another lord. Unlike slaves, serfs could keep some of their crops and maintain their own family. Cottagers ranked below serfs and were only given cottage and a small plot of land to work on. At the top of the working class were freeholders. These

Feudalism makes sure everyone gets and gives what they need, making it an organized structure. The system made it easier to protect land and assured everyone had a role. When the wealthier people can't protect their land that they own, a problem arises. Why should lesser people be the ones taking the land? Enter, feudalism. The lesser people can now work for the manor and contribute to it's success instead of stealing other’s land and just being unproductive in general. Well, isn't it just a great

Life was very hard for peasants. Unlike the King and Queen, peasants would have to work. Peasants would have to work super hard in order to make money but most years peasants wouldn’t earn much money because they would have to pay taxes to the King. Even after that peasants would usually have to work from 3am till midnight.Being the in the lower class made their lives even harder. Knights and nobles were in a medium class so they got things like land, crops and clothes from the king for there family

The Feudal System in the Middle Ages of England was not the best system of government to go by for everyone since it gave most of its power to the King, and made it impossible for the lower class to improve themselves economically. People of higher rank expected the lower ranks of society to pledge their loyalty to them and in turn, protected them. There came a time where everybody became tired of never progressing, and people started to do something about it. The end to Feudalism did not just happen

differences in these two social classes, the social classes of 16th century England are shockingly similar to the social classes of modern day America. Specifically, the six social classes during the 16th century in England were Monarchy, Nobility, Gentry,

The story “Daisy Miller” is a romance of a love that can never be. The character Annie P. Miller (known as Daisy Miller) is portrayed as a young naive wild yet, innocent girl who want to do nothing more but have fun with the company she please. The story “Daisy Miller” is a lot like The Age of Innocence. In both the movie and the book the leading lady was shunned from society because of their behavior. Both Daisy and the Countess Olenska were misunderstood and out-casted because they were saw as

influenced by other forces such as British merchants, Indians, farmers and slaves. Woody Holton argues that the Virginia gentry was influenced by those four groups, and that the gentry was even

Absolutism affected the power + status of the European nobility depending on the country in which they lived. In England the power of the nobility increases due to a victory in the English Civil War and the Glorious Revolution of 1658. However, in France, Louis XIV¡¯s absolutist regime decreased the powers of the noble but heightened their material status. In Russia and in Prussia, the absolutist leaders of those countries modernized their nations + the nobility underwent a change, but it retained

Matewan Ignorance promotes fear. The Stone Mountain Coal Company exploits the ignorance of its employees to maintain power in Matewan. Keeping Matewan’s residents fearful of their future, fearful of change and fearful for their lives, the Stone Mountain Coal Company retains absolute control over the town of Matewan. Controlling all four social and cultural processes at work in Matewan, the company is able to extract the fear, work, and “loyalty” they desire out of their workers. They are