Compiled by Veronica. The Feudal System (Feudalism)

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Compiled by Veronica

Village Life in the Middle Ages

The Feudal System (Feudalism)

Children

Age 10: Boys in fields with men, apprenticeship, or

entered service

Girls: stayed with mother and learned chores; married young; wealthy girls learned how to paint or read music

Very little affection

Towns were dirty

No running water

Waste and garbage thrown in streets – polluted rivers

Rats and fleas were common, carried disease

Common diseases: measles, cholera, scarlet fever

YUCK!

Did their best to keep clean!

Cleaned teeth with cloth; some used herbal pastes

Bad teeth were pulled out; no anesthesia

Washed hands

Bathed in wooden barrels; cold water – wealthy had warm

Scented clothing with lavender, rose petals, chamomile, daisies

I’m Sick!!

PrayerHerbal medicines (magic)

Bloodletting (leeches)

http://www.quantal.demon.co.uk/saga/ooc/herbs.html

It wasn’t ALL bad

Children’s games: hoops, lawn bowling, blind man’s bluff, badminton

Adult games: chess, checkers, card games

Had dancing, music

Children had toys: dolls, wooden swords, hobbyhorses

Good Lord = lots of food and merry times

Holidays

http://www.lordsandladies.org/religious-festivals.htm

Celebrations• Births

• Marriages

• Feasts for religious holidays