Where did medieval people live?

Answer 1

They helped people with their problems with their land and family, and farming with crops. And the kings were treated very well. they would have it all. they had nice food and very nice castle and maids. but they also had to help with the army and wars .Most of their life is easy but when the king doesn't get his way, it's not a pretty sight!

Answer 2

Many people were farmers, raising crops and animals. They owed much of what they produced to the landholder in exchange for protection. The church was a big employer, and so was private military service. In the towns there were tradesmen and craftspeople making and selling everything from combs and footwear to equipment for warfare. And there were always itinerant sellers and workers such as woodcutters, tinkers, sellers of herbs, and so on.

Some towns and cities specialized in certain products; for example, Bruges (Brugge) was a thriving seaport city with a big business in textiles and fine fabrics. Cities on the Silk Road did a tremendous business in trade coming from the Orient. Market towns were busy trade centers of all sorts of products.

2nd Answer: I wanted to comment on an element of the above response. Peasants actually kept most of the produce from their own lands. They typically owed three things- The first is that unfree serfs owned labor to their lord, often two days per week. Peasants who held their own land usually paid a rent to the local lord. In medieval England this was typically a shilling per acre per year. Also, the church was entitled to collect one tenth of the agricultural production in each parish each year. But beyond this, the medieval farmer kept their own produce. They used most of it themselves, and sold or traded any surplus for cash or items they could not make themselves.

Answer 3

medival rich people lived in big houses that were expensive and wore alot of gowns and jewelry and fur. they ate alot of fruit such as plums apples and cherries. they had wine for beverages in all there meals.

they enjoyed hunting animals.

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Answer 4

When we speak of the medieval period, we generally mean the medieval period in Europe. If we are talking about a medieval period elsewhere, such as in Japan, we usually say so - "medieval Japan," etc.

So when you say "medieval people" your are talking about Europeans, and Europeans lived in Europe, in castles, manors, houses, hovels, monasteries, camps, etc.

Answer 5

They lived with a system called "the Feudal System." Kings gave Nobles (Kings and Queens) land in turn giving it to knights for service (Protection Usually). Knights Had Peasants in whom were tied to the land and called serfs. Although they had serfs they DID have Peasants in which they were not tied to the land.

Answer 6

During the Middle Ages, there were different classes of people who we might regard as poor.

• There were slaves in various places and at various times. These were fed by their masters, but it is hard to imagine what their lives might have been like except to recall what slavery was like in recent times. It was very likely much the same.
• There were serfs, who lived in a state of mutual obligation with the lords of the land they lived and worked on. These people were not slaves, and had a right to live on the land, which was supposed to be respected. The had the security of a job and a place to live, and were supposed to be protected by their lords. They were most often farmers. They were largely free to do what they wanted, except that they were required to put in a certain amount of work, usually one or two days per week, on the lord's land, and they worked part of the rest of the week on common lands, under the supervision of a reeve, who was possibly a serf they elected for the job. They also had small fields assigned to them for their personal use. They lived in cottages, often with only one room. They heated the cottages with a fire on a hearth in the middle of the room, and the smoke was vented through open vents in the roof or high in the walls. They ate mostly porridge, bread, root vegetables, cabbages and similar crops, eggs, and a little cheese, chicken, and pork.
• There were urban poor, who worked jobs in towns and cities. They did not have the security of serfs, and though they had more freedom, did not necessarily have lives that were any better. They could not afford the space or equipment to cook their own food, and so were dependent on buying food from vendors. They did not have any ability to heat the rooms they lived in, and were dependent on a central fire of the building they lived in to provide some warmth. They worked at all sorts of jobs, but they could lose their jobs, unlike the serfs. I think the lack of security of free people in town was one of the most important things keeping serfs on the manors.
• There were vagabonds and itinerant poor, whose lives I cannot guess at. The only records I have seen of them talk about authorities chasing them out of town. There were times when manors had fewer serfs than they needed, and such people could be welcomed to work there.
• There were people who lived poor lives on pensions or as provided by charity. They were mostly people who were too old or infirm to work. They lived much like the serfs or town folk, but did not have much ability to grow their own food, so they ate less meat and more eggs, if they could get them. Some people were able to find support with monasteries or other Church run organizations.

Answer 7

It was really bad. The people were unsanitary, they threw their garbage into the open sewers, and they had to work in the fields to see if they would meke it through the next year. The rich even put organges in their handkerchiefs so they would smell the citrusy smell and not the smell of the garbage from the open sewers.

Answer 8

it was very harsh and cruel

Answer 9

they had good homes and had high statuses