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There was a lot of information when I looked up Medieval Life. But I am only going to tell you about five.







1. Even way back in Medieval Times, Christmas, Easter and other Christian holidays were around and celebrated,

2. When it was a market day, country women walked miles into town to sell eggs, butter and cheese.

3. March through November 80 percent of the population would be farming some sort of crop.

4. If you were a peasant woman your day went like this: Daybreak: wake up nurse crying children, rake the ashes from the fire place and light the fire. Feed the animals: the chickens got corn, the oxen got hay and the pics got scraps. You also brought the animals water. Children get up, put on outer clothes (because they sleep in smocks). Breakfast: bread and weak ale or buttermilk. roll up straw mats, sweep floor, add more wood to the fire and put dried peas on to cook pease pudding. Fetch clean water from the village well and carry home. Work in vegetable garden. Serve the family food. Feed the baby if it cries. If you are working, your friends will breast-feed your baby for you. Walk to the woods for firewood. Feed and milk cow, collect eggs. Spin woolen thread for cloth. Wash the children after their work. Family supper time: bread and soup. as a treat children roast apples by the fire. Put the children to bed. Lock the doors and close the shutters.

5. Young women wore low-cut, off-the-shoulder gowns. Church leaders condemned them.

How was "the way" to die?

You know you are about to die when you feel your strength failing you. The church says you must make a "good death", in order to do that, you must confess all your sins to a priest, the priest then asks God to forgive you. You should calmly bear the pain and be nice to your friends that visit you. tell them what you want at your funeral. after the funeral service, your body is buried, your friends will hold a wake and say prayers for your soul. to make sure you don't go to hell before you die you needed to follow these tips. Confess your sins regularly to a priest. Try not to wear what's in style. Go to church often and give offerings for new Church buildings. Study the Bible, if you can't read, listen closely to the preachers' sermons. Help your neighbors, visit the sick and give to the poor. Go on pilgrimages, fast (give up food) and wear a hairshirt under your clothes. Join rituals, if you do all this, you will not go to hell.

What did the BLack Plague do? And what were some attempts at cures?

  

Chances are you have heard of the Black Plague, the Black death etc. a nasty flu epidemic killing one-fourth of Europe's population. In October 1347, 12 Genoses ships sailed into the Mesina, Sicily harbor full of dying men. Authorities ordered the ships to leave but by then it was too late, people had already had contact with the plague. The unknown disease swelled the tongue and the arms and turned the skin purple. Between 1348 and 1351, 25 million people died, one-forth of Europe's population. Whole towns were wiped out, all normal life ended. With no guards criminals left with no one to stop them, women who's husbands had died became nuns. With doctors having no knowledge of the Plague or how to cure it, there were many vain attempts to stop the epidemic. Infected victims were told to wash their bodies down with vinegar and water and just stay in bed. Other desperate efforts were cutting open the wound in hopes of the disease flowing out. With the doctors having no clue how to cure it, special medicines went on sale. One was made of ground eggshells, chopped Marigold petals and treacle boiled ale to be taken twice a day. Folk healers recommended drinking urine and holding a live hen to the swellings in hope of drawing the disease into the bird. Nothing worked. most victims died within three days.