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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.

What did doctors use for surgerys?

If a leg or arm was seriously bleeding, the only know way to stop it was to cauterize the stump with a piece of red hot metal. Midwives would use similar methods for delivering babies. Unknowing about germ-disease theory, Barber-Surgeons and Midwives did not clean surgical equipment. Another disease curing method was to find a supposed person using witchcraft to make a person sick. These people were called Cunning men/women. After "finding" the "witchcraft" user Cunning men/women would try and cast their own spell to heal the person and counteract the disease causing spell or give herbal remedies. On battlefields, doctors used strong iron pinchers to remove spear tips and barbed arrow-heads. Broken bones were set to heal with splints (strips of wood). To treat madness and severe headaches holes were drilled into the skull. This method was called trepanning. Doctors inspected urine samples. They claimed this helped diagnosing illnesses.

What were some cures for dieases?

      In the Middle Ages, it was believed the body was made up of four liquids called Humors. It was believed that sickness and disease occurred because the Humors were out of balance, the Humors could be put back in balance by eating good diet or taking prescribed medicines. Another method was blood-letting, cutting open a vein to let the excess blood out, depending on how much blood would be let out certain different methods would be used, but there was always a bowl underneath the cut so the blood was collected. For minor blood-letting, leeches were applied to areas to suck the blood. For major blood-letting, the Surgeons would cut a vein. Sometimes, up to four pints (1.91) of blood would be let out at once! If the paitient fainted at the huge loss of blood, that was seen as a step of the road to recovery.
     
    

What were early 13th century doctors like?

In the middle ages, there were many different types of doctors. But, the quality of the doctor you got depended on your wealth. If you were very wealthy, then you got treated by the best doctor called a Physician. But the bad thing was the bad thing was, Physicians were small in number and mostly located in certain cities only. The Physicians trained for five years. Their education well prepared them for teaching others.
      Next came the Surgeons. The Surgeons preformed the operations that the Physicians found beneath them, like fixing broken bones or closing wounds. Surgeons were trained by other Surgeons and relied more on hands on work that books. Surgeons also preformed blood-lettings (cutting open a vein to let out infected blood.), treated hemorrhages, removed gallstones and delivered babies by cesarean section (c-section).
      Barbers were the doctors for the poor (Yes! Barbers!). Barbers removed teeth and cut hair. Barbers were well below Surgeons. But, by the 15th century Surgeons reluctantly accepted the Barbers as their equals. Now called Barber-Surgeons, before continuing with their new status, the Barber-Surgeons had to receive actual training.
      The last group of doctors were for people who couldn't even afford Barbers! Those doctors were called Leeches. Just like Barbers, some had zero training but, they used herbal and folk remedies. Some Leeches had skill, learning from watching and assisting Surgeons.