Since we didn't learn that much about the medieval times last term we kept learning about it this term. We have been learning about life back then like the ranks of the society, knights and peasants.
In the medieval times the King had the highest rank then the Barons who were at the same power level as the bishops. After the Barons it was the Knights/Lords, then came the merchants, priests and craftsmen and finally the peasants or serfs.
Knights or Lords rule over a small village or area, they live in manor houses and the peasants that live in that area farm the land for them. Lords/knights have to be chivalrous which means polite and courteous especially to women.
Peasants or serfs were the workers that took care of the crops, the animals and helped to keep the village in good shape. Some peasants had to ask their lord's permission to leave and some were free peasants who could leave anytime they wanted to.
I would also like to learn about King and what he did most of the time and possibly, if there were any, the robbers and thieves back then.
There are probably a lot of ways to make learning about this fun but I just can't think of any.
Maybe we could be assigned different ranks and have to be a peasant/lord/baron/king for the day?
(It wouldn't be much fun for the peasants though right?)
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