Social Change Over Time

Social By Agataibek and Arham

Before • Trade declined as warfare and disorder spread across Europe • Manors became the center of most economic and production activity • Society becomes highly structured, with kings at the top followed by nobles, knights, and peasants • Age of chivalry emerges as knights become highly valued and respected for their loyalty and military skills

Changes and Continuity • Women’s situation started to depend on their social class and on their living houses • Men had more rights than women • The sultan’s fortunes slowly declined, while powerful European monarchies were rising up • Slaves made up the elite of the Ottoman army know as the janissaries