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.
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