Daily Life in Medieval Europe

Daily Life in Medieval Europe

Health in Medieval Europe

When a person was sick it would be attributed to bad blood. Doctors tried to cure the illness through bloodletting.

Health in Medieval Europe

In this process, a cut was made over a large vein or leeches were used to suck the bad blood from the ill person.

Nobles’ Privileges in Medieval Europe

Nobles had lots of free time to engage in recreational activities like hunting.

Hunters would usually go on horseback and track prey with dogs.

Nobles’ Privileges in Medieval Europe

Hawks and falcons were used by both men and women to bring down larger birds.

Fishponds were also often attached to castles.

Justice in Medieval EuropeA criminal was someone who “disturbed the king’s peace.”

Justice in Medieval EuropeIn the early Middle Ages physical tests, trial by ordeal or trial by combat, were used to determine an accused person’s guilt.

Justice in Medieval Europe

Punishments might include hanging, beheading, or mutilation.

Justice in Medieval Europe

Executions were carried out in public and watched by large crowds.

Guilds in Medieval EuropeA guild was an association of craftsmen.Each agreed to cooperate in order to increase the profits And to insure quality.

Crest of a Cooper’s Guild

Guilds in Medieval Europe

Boys from the ages of 10 to 14 were apprenticed by a master craftsman. They received no pay but were given food and housing.

Chivalry

Chivalry was used to describe the moral code of knights and nobility in the Middle Ages.

Love & Marriage

Few couples married for true love.

They didn’t get the chance

Love & MarriageThe ideal of courtly love insisted that men treat women with respect.

Love and Marriage

Marriages were often arranged by parents or by the lord of the manor.He encouraged marriages so as to increase the number of workers on his manor.

Love and MarriageWealthy parents wanted to arrange marriages between their daughters and wealthy men.

Love and MarriageBecause of this, grooms were usually older than brides. Men were commonly 25 to 35 years old at marriage.Women were generally 12 to 18 years old.

Peasants in Medieval Europe

Houses were built of wattle and daub.

Most of the household ate and slept together in one main room.

Peasants in Medieval Europe

Part of the family might sleep in a loft reached by a ladder.

The livestock were housed under the same roof.

Peasants in Medieval EuropeThe livestock were housed under the

same roof.

Knighthood

Sons of nobles would be sent to squire in the household of a lord of higher rank.

Knighthood

He began as a page running errands, and became a squire after 7 or 8 years.

Knighthood

Lords organized tournaments for entertainment, to show off their wealth, and to train knights for war.

Knighthood

A herald would be sent out to announce the tournament:

Including place, hour, prizes, armor, and weapons required.

Feasts in Medieval Europe

During dinner, even on ordinary days, entertainment was part of the feast.

Feasts in Medieval Europe

Many castles employed harpers and minstrels.

Often one of the guests might entertain everyone with a song.

Feasts in Medieval Europe

The solid parts of soups and stews were eaten with a spoon and the broth was sipped.

Feasts in Medieval Europe

Meat was cut up with a knife an eaten with fingers.

Feasts in Medieval EuropeTwo people shared a dish, the lesser helping the more important, the younger the older, the man the woman.

Feasts in Medieval Europe