8.4.2
c
Feudal System
GOD
The left side of the triangle is reserved for
“those who pray”: the clergy or workers of the
Catholic Church. Place the following figures in
the triangle according to their rank:
• priests
• Pope
• nuns
• monks and scholastics
• archbishops and bishops
The right side of the triangle is reserved for
“those who make war” and “those who work.” Place
the following figures in the triangle according to
their rank:
• serfs
• counts, countesses
• free peasants
• knights or lords
• ladies
• monarch
• barons, baronesses
• dukes, duchesses
The feudal system was a system based on “fealty” or loyalty of lesser nobles to more powerful nobles, and of
serfs or peasants to the lords of the manor in which they lived and worked. All members of society were also
expected to be loyal to the King and to the Catholic Church.
(page 1 of 3)
8.4.2
c
Feudal System
Social Role
King or Queen
Responsibilities
Obligations to Others
Rights or Freedoms
Upper Nobility
Knights
Bishops
(page 2 of 3)
8.4.2
c
Feudal System
Social Role
Free Peasants
Responsibilities
Obligations to Others
Rights or Freedoms
Monks
Serfs
Nuns
(page 3 of 3)