Middle+Ages

=Feudalism = Feudalism is the Social Hierarchy of the Middle Ages. It splits up people into 4 major classes. The Peasants, Knights, Nobles, and Kings. The peasants had the worst life and the dirty work while the Kings lived in luxury (Which is not that nice compared to the 21st Century). Almost all of the people in every class, believed greatly in God and the Church. Almost everyone was Christian.

= The Crusades = The Crusades were very important during the Middle Ages. They were all based on religion where they fought for the Holy Land. There were three important and well known Crusades. The first Crusade happened in 1096 and 5,000 attended. The second crusade occurred in 1147. The third was in 1189.

= The Magna Carta = The Magna Carta was a document that protected the rights of the people. It decreased the Kings power slowly over hundreds of years. This document changed the government from rex lex (king above law) to lex rex (law above king). It also enforced habeas corpus (right by trial), which provides peasants with more rights than which they had earlier in the Middle Ages.

= The Black Death = The Black Death was a very tragic ending to the Middle Ages. The Black Death is a disease that killed you after a fever and swelling. People got the Black Death from the Mongols who traveled the Silk Road for trade. The disease was started from fleas on rats. More than one-third of the population died from this. This created great fear and chaos everywhere. media type="youtube" key="rZy6XilXDZQ" height="315" width="420"