Between 500 to
1500 A.D in Europe, there was a period of time called the Middle
Ages (OI). During this time, kings, nobles, knights and serfs lived
together in a society called feudalism (Doc. 1). The Church was
very important, trade began to grow, and the knights lived by a
code called the Code of Chivalry. During this time, the social,
political and economic lives were influenced by the feudal system
and the Church. To begin, Europeans lived under a system called
feudalismwhich was important to their social status. Feudalism
was a political, economic, and social system in which nobles were
granted to use of land that legally belonged to the king(Doc1).The
kings provided money for the knights(Doc1). Then the knights
provided protection and military services for the serfs,nobles and
kings(Doc1). The serfs farmed the land. Lastly the nobles gave land
to the serfs, collected food from them, and reported to the king
(Doc. 1). These roles were important because their rank in
feudalism controlled their social status. Next, the economy in the
Middle
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The Church had
a lot of power over the government(OI). For example the church had
so much power that the Code of Chivalry has rules that talk about
the church. In the Code of Chivalry it states Thou shalt believe
all that the Church teaches, and shalt observe all its
directions(Doc 5).The Code of Chivalry is important because that
is the code the knights followed.That is how the politics of the
Catholic Church influenced the
Middle
Agesof Rome. In conclusion, in
Europeduring the
Middle Ages, the social, economic and political life was influenced
by feudalism and the Church. The social status is about how you
were ranked. The economic status was about the dependent on the
farming and trade. Lastly the political status was influenced by
the Catholic Church. Those are the social, economic and political
life in the Middle
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