Where did people in medieval times live?

Answer 1

Most people of the Middle Ages lived on manors or other farms, depending on the actual time and place.

Peasants, who worked the land, lived in cottages, usually in villages. Lords and other members of the nobility lived in manor houses.

The clergy lived in rectories attached to churches, or in monastic buildings. Bishops lived in episcopal palaces.

Many people, especially in the later part of the Middle Ages, lived in towns and cities. Poorer people lived in boarding houses, and the wealthy lived in their own houses.

Some people lived in castles, but not very many. Castles were uncomfortable.

Kings lived in palaces with their families, when they could. If times were bad they lived in castles.