Notes 4-14

• Early middle ages, 11th century (in which the battle of Hastings happens)
• In this times, churches have become the center of learning and gained authority. However, only about 5% of the population is literate.
• The church itself is thinking about the last judgement.
• They think that the year 1000 will be the end of the world.
• 90% of the people are employed by lords and barons as serfs.
• There is no social mobility at all. If you were born a peasant, you would die a peasant.
• The people in the middle ages did not believe that there was equality. There may be equality between serfs or kings, but not serfs to aristocrats
• 5% of the people were the clergy- the priests and the monks
• 5% the aristocrats- nights, lords, barons, and their ladies
• 90% of the people were serfs, those who work
• A serf could not get married or leave without the lord's permission.