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Medieval Europe City/Town Life

Medieval Europe City/Town Life. By: Tina Sawyer and Danielle Rocheleau. Viking/Barbarian Invasions. Created walled cities They were known as bourgs , burghs, and bouroughs Citizens were called bourgeois.

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Medieval Europe City/Town Life

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  1. Medieval Europe City/Town Life By: Tina Sawyer and Danielle Rocheleau

  2. Viking/Barbarian Invasions • Created walled cities • They were known as bourgs, burghs, and bouroughs • Citizens were called bourgeois

  3. http://qed.princeton.edu/index.php/User:Student/Viking,_Magyar_and_Saracen_Invasions_in_9th_and_10th_Century_Europehttp://qed.princeton.edu/index.php/User:Student/Viking,_Magyar_and_Saracen_Invasions_in_9th_and_10th_Century_Europe http://www.mnh.si.edu/vikings/voyage/subset/westernisles/pop_history2.html http://www.imperialteutonicorder.com/id43.html

  4. Rich City/ Town Citizens • Considered rich “burger” families • Possible to take up four floors (attic to basement)

  5. Poor City/Town Citizens • Fit into one room (whole family) • Not much better than peasant living styles • Dependent on charities • Orphans, widows, elderly, handicapped

  6. Uncomfortable Living • Heating problems • Little light: narrow windows, low-light candles • Wooden furniture • Beds littered with bedbugs, ticks, and fleas

  7. Social Classes • Middle classes formed: • manufacturers • food sellers • tavern keepers • lesser merchants • bakers • journeymen • Apprentices

  8. Social Classes(cont.) • Women active in household • Men worked physical jobs • Population: low but slowly building

  9. Diet • Ate: • Fish • Eggs • Breads • Small creatures • Drank: • Goats milk • Wine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pypbyC548dw&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1

  10. "Cities and Towns." Exploring the Middle Ages. Marshall Cavendish Digital, 2011. Web. 07 "Medieval Life." Medieval Life. 2000. Web. 06 Dec. 2011. <http://www.medieval-life.net/city_life_2.htm>. Singman, Jeffrey L. Medieval Europe. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood, 1999. Print. World Eras. Jeremiah Hackett, Ed. Vol. 4: Medieval Europe, 814-1350. Detroit: Gale Group, 2002. 519 Pp.

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