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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
