The PeopleThe Pope: The pope was a very important person. There was only one church, the Catholic Church. The pope was the bishop of Rome, and the head or the Catholic Church. He was responsible for correcting anyone who held beliefs of which the Church did not approve. The Medieval Church only believed in one and only God or they would suffer the next life.The Woman: The Medieval Church looked on woman as inferior to men and taught that they should be meek and obedient to there fathers and husbands. Most woman toiled along side there husbands in the fields as well as having to feed and clothe thier families; The Soldier: In the early Middle Ages, the fully armored knight ruled much of the battlefield. He scorned the foot soldiers, who were usually just peasants, forced to fight by their lords. But by the 15th century the knight was fast becoming obsolete and ordinary soldiers were becoming more important. Lords started employing professional warriors who were skilled and used to obeying orders. They were well paid and many became mercenary soldiers, hiring themselves out to the person who offered the most. The Peasant: A Peasants life was not all work but the work was hard. A peasant at the age of 13, work was what he knew most about, and it was only broken by the celebration of frequent religious holidays They had to work three days a week in the fields owned by the lord of the manor. But not all peasants were workers some were shepherds. They also had to fix their tools and make their own clothes and shoes. Vocabulary
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