The life of Peasants

The peasants were grouped into two main professions farmer and craftsman, Farms worked on their farms planting, harvesting, and fertilizing there fields. They had few possessions including benches, tools, pots and wooden bowls, cups and spoons. Religion was important part of the life for the peasants.

Information about Black Death

The Black Death arrived in Europe by sea in October 1347 when 12 Genoese trading ships docked at the Silican.

Most of the saliors aboard the ships were dead.

Over the next five years the black death would kill more than 20 million people. Famines were frequent and plagues depleted the livestock.

Monk/Nun Minatory is where they washed and (religious) cooked.

Abbot is the head of Abbey. A canter is part of a choir. 75000 people died every day from the diseases.

7500 victims of the disease were dying everyday.

Crusades

The crusades are religion

They were part of the defense.

Merchant, Princess, Princes

They traded raw food for materials and luxsurys such as wool, fur, wine, wood, salt, horses, clothes, tapestries, glass, silks and spices. They were very rich and they were in wars.

Crusades
The impact of crusades was profound.

Princess They were romanticizided. They usually gave the impression of fairy tales and castles. The woman had very complex lives. They lived lifes dominated by men. Princesses were used pawnds Many men did not treat there woman good. Merchants traveled the Europe and Mediterranean.

World Events

War of the roses. Reconquista of spain 100 year war

Manga Carta

Princesses are not really respected by men. Peasant women were not respected at all. Woman were the least important priority.

The life of Knights and Ladies

The daily life of a Knight started at dawn when Mass would be heard and prayers would be made.

Information about Tournaments Festivals

A rich noble would sponsor a tournament and supply the purse for the prizes

After supper there might be some entertainment - music, dancing, jugglers, acrobats, jesters, etc.

Festivals were a time of joy to all people in the Middle Ages. Kings, Nobles, Merchants, Peasants, all of them celebrated the certain festival that occurred.

The law gave a husband full rights over his wife, whether she was a noble woman or a commoner. The number of injuries and fatalities that occurred during early Medieval tournaments had to be regulated.

The knight was one of three types of fighting men during the middle ages: Knights, Foot Soldiers, and Archers.

Hundreds of Knights participated in this Medieval sport. Jousts, Melees, pageantry, Courtly Love and the Chivalric code all played a part in Medieval tournaments.