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Daily Life in the Middle Ages (1000-1600)

Rural Areas Nobility Peasants/Serfs Towns/Cities Size Industry Population Drops Why? Food Pestilence. Key Terms Feudalism Vassal/Knight Fief Guild System Black Death. Daily Life in the Middle Ages (1000-1600). Traits of Feudalism (Social/Economic System of Middle Ages).

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Daily Life in the Middle Ages (1000-1600)

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  1. Rural Areas Nobility Peasants/Serfs Towns/Cities Size Industry Population Drops Why? Food Pestilence Key Terms Feudalism Vassal/Knight Fief Guild System Black Death Daily Life in the Middle Ages(1000-1600)

  2. Traits of Feudalism(Social/Economic System of Middle Ages) • There was an absence of central authority & “Warlords” dominated. • People sought protection & unique relationship developed between landowners & commoners. • Common in much of Europe—but NOT in Pyrenees (French/Spanish border).

  3. Medieval Hierarchy • Monk (clergy) • Knight (noble) • Peasant

  4. Nobles (up to 5%) Clergy (5-10%) Peasants (85-90%)

  5. Two “Types:” Lords-usually wealthy landowners Knights-the Warriors pledged to provide military service to a lord. Nobility(They did NOT work the land) Fief-Land (and serfs to work it) given to knights in return for military service. • Most were illiterate.

  6. Food For Nobles • Dominated by bread/porridge & meat (fish, chickens, pigs & wild game; rarely beef), dairy; beer was common. • Expensive imports: Middle Eastern exotic spices (sugar), wine from France.

  7. Peasants/Serfs • Made up 85-90% of the population. • They were tied to the land worked the land for the Lords & knights (50-500 on an estate). • In return they received: • Protection • A portion of the crops they raised (75-90%) • Contracts…

  8. Life On Medieval Manor(Nobles Hunt While Peasants Work; Castles vs. Huts)

  9. Daily Life in Middle Ages(fast forward 18 seconds) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pypbyC548dw

  10. Food & Life For Peasants/Serfs • Diet was VERY monotonous: black bread/porridge & beer were the staples; eggs & dairy (some fish, but not much meat) • Famine = threat • Homes: one room, wooden sides, thatched roofs & one (large) bed • Daily routine was dominated by seasons & Christian celebrations

  11. Life For Peasants/Serfs • Women were subject to their husband’s authority

  12. Children • 30-50% of children died before reaching age 5 • Marriage Age: • Boys = 14 • Girls = 12 Dance of Death

  13. Preparing For Winter Baking bread & slaughtering pigs…

  14. Entertainment (A Harvest Festival Sponsored by Lord of Manor)

  15. Entertainment Cockfighting Taverns

  16. Entertainment(Marriage Ceremony) • Up to 1300s couples often waited for a pregnancy to hold a church service • Between 12th & 14th centuries “modern” church services were developed • Marriages were arranged

  17. Towns & Cities(Only 5% of population) • London: 10,000 (in 1200s) • Paris: 210,000 (in 1328) • Italy (in 1200s) • Florence: 100,000 • Milan: 90,000-100,000

  18. Guild System(Origins of modern industry) • Guilds: A training/education system to ensure quality in the products produced. • Master: Shop-owner (if they had enough money & connections). • Journeymen: wage plus room & board. • Apprentice: worked for room & board with hope of advancement (seven years). • Unskilled Laborer: received room & board with little or no hope of advancement

  19. Master Journeymen Apprentice Unskilled Laborers

  20. Guild Workers Dyeing Cloth

  21. It is estimated that between 1300-1450 Europe lost 50-65% of its population. Why? Famine: between 1000-1300 population doubled, but food production didn’t. Disease (Pestilence): Beginning in 1350 the “Black Death” spread & killed many. Population Drops

  22. A Physician In A Plague-Protecting Suit

  23. Despair All Over Society

  24. Rural Areas Nobility Peasants/Serfs Towns/Cities Size Industry Population Drops Why? Food Pestilence Key Terms Feudalism Vassal/Knight Fief Guild System Black Death Daily Life in the Middle Ages(1000-1600)

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