Question

Which groups of people was/were downtrodden during the dark ages?

• A. The kings
• B. The rich class
• C. The middle class
• D. The lower class

Answer 1

Answer: (C), (D)

The lower class

Feudalism divided European society into multiple classes; the feudal kings were the supreme authority. The authority decreased in the following order: the king, the nobles, the knights, and the peasants. Due to this, the lower and the middle classes of Europe had to suffer a lot of injustice.