The Medieval ideas about power and equality were far different than the ideas of today. Today, most believe that all people are equal and should have equal opportunities. However, in Medieval times, they believed that once you were born into a class, whether it be peasant or noble, you were a member of that class your whole life. No matter what you did, you could not move up or down on the ladder of social classes. The upper class felt that their lives were more valuable than those of the lower class. Though peasants and serfs worked much harder than the nobles and knights, their lives were not worth as much. Equality was definitely not a part of the Medieval age, considering that their entire social system was based on inequality.
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