Feudalism is the dominant social system in medieval Europe, nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for their military service
To be a peasant you don't have a lot of money, and you have nothing to pass down to the next generation.
Some occupations held by women where wife, mother, peasant, artisan, and nun. Followed by some more important roles where, abbess or queen regnant. - Christine de pizan was supported and encouraged by important royal French and English patrons during 1364 - 1430. - Eleanor of Aquitaine was a major figure and born the duchess of Aquitaine, she would eventually become the queen of England. - Hildegard Bingen was a musician in the medieval times. - Joan of Arc was born in 1412, at 19 he was captured and burned.
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It was believed that if you prayed at these shrines you might be forgiven for your sins and have more chance of going to heaven.
The priests, or the clergy, were influential in the Middle Ages. They were exempt from tax because they provided spiritual care and conducted religious services to their parishioners.
The Norman hollow walls were replaced with solid walls and pillars - allowing them to hold far greater weights. The Gothic style of Medieval Castle Building and Architecture provided much bigger castles!
Beauvais is the cathedral that collapsed.
Cathedrals served as churches for the Bishops to teach Christianity to the public and were made to deal with the masses of people that came to visit. As a result, peasants began to expand their farms and villages further into the countryside. (-http://www.learner.org/interactives/middleages/townlife.html)
High skilled craftspeople where the most respected in all the craft people, in some places they even had there own spot on the social ladder/ triangle.
Some Things that people in the medieval ages was drama, which bloomed out of literature, they also did some