Which statement most accurately describes Chaucer's medieval society?
Question 1 options:
A)
It was a trade-based economy controlled by merchants. Members of the society could choose which of three estates to join--the clergy, the nobles, or the peasant estate.
B)
It was an agrarian society based on regional lords who held ultimate authority over the clergy and peasants. Social mobility, or ascending the social order, (the clergy, the nobles, or the peasant estate) was impossible.
C)
It was a land-based economy comprised of three estates: the clergy, the nobles, or the peasant/serf estate. The clergy were usually educated. The majority of people were serfs.
D)
It was a theocracy and the church dominated all areas social activity, including the clergy, the nobles, or the peasant estate. The noble class was subservient to the powerful and influential clerics.