Question

1a) which social class has the greatest amount of power in feudal Europe? 1)b what specific powers did this class have?

Answer 1

1.a) The predominant social class in feudal Europe was the Monarchy. It was composed of the kings and their families.

The King was the ruler and owner of all the land in the country. Then followed the barons and nobles, who leased the lands from the kings and administered them. After the barons and nobles, came the knights, who were provided the leased lands by the Barons in exchange for military defense. Finally, came the peasants, who were granted the lands by the knights in exchange for the provision of food for the upper classes.

1.b) The King had total control over the assets within the land and decided how much land was to be leased to the Barons, which composed the next social class. If the King, after a certain period, saw that the Baron was not giving the land an appropriate use, he could withdraw the land from the Baron.

Answer 2

The Kings had the most power in feudal Europe. They controlled all of the land. They had the power to distribute land to nobles, who, in turn, would distribute that land to knights and vassals.