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Medieval Europe: The Four Social Classes

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The society was divided up into four social classes. From top to the bottom it’s, kings, lords and vassals, knights, peasants and serfs. At the top class, kings ruled Europe. The king's role was letting the barons and lords to live on his land. If they give armies of men to fight wars. The king also fought kingdoms by forcing his army to fight. In the middle classes, it’s the lords, vassals, and knights. Lords and vassals were both named as nobles. A lord was a top ranking noble who had more ability than others. Their role in Europe is giving demands to the vassals and knights. A vassal was a lower ranking noble who obeys the lord no matter what. The vassals role was doing what the lords say and in return they get land. The knights were warriors

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