Medieval+England+Daily+lifes


 * The daily life of a knight in the Middle ages followed a similar schedule to that of his lord or the noble he served. The Daily life of a Knight during the Middle ages centred around castles or Manors or fighting for his lord and the King during times of war. Much of his time was spent on honing his weapons skills and keeping his levels of fitness high. The daily life of knights can be described as follows: **
 * ** The daily life of a Knight started at dawn when Mass would be heard and prayers would be made **
 * ** The first meal of the day for the Knight was breakfast **
 * ** Knights would engage in weapons practise at the quintain and the pell **
 * ** The daily life of the Knights would include discussions on warfare strategy and increasing his knowledge of siege warfare and weapons **
 * ** Mid morning prayers and a meal **
 * ** As the Medieval period progressed the culture changed becoming more refined and elegant. Knights were expected to understand the rules of Chivalry and courtly love. Time might be spent on dance practise **
 * ** In the afternoon the daily life of Knights turned to increasing their skills in horsemanship and would accompany their lord in hunting, hawking or inspecting the estate **
 * ** Evening prayer and then supper in the Hall of the Castle or Manor House **
 * ** After supper there might be some entertainment - music, dancing, jugglers, acrobats, jesters, etc **
 * ** Bedtime prayers **


 * The daily life of a peasant in the Middle ages was hard. Medieval Serfs had to labor on the lord's land for two or three days each week, and at specially busy seasons, such as ploughing and harvesting. The daily life of a peasant in the Middle Ages can be described as follows: **
 * ** The daily life of a peasant started at started in the summer as early as 3am **
 * ** A peasant would start with breakfast, usually of pottage **
 * ** Work in the fields or on the land started by dawn and the daily life of a peasant included the following common tasks **
 * ** Reaping - To cut crops for harvest with a scythe, sickle, or reaper. **
 * ** Sowing - the process of planting seeds **
 * ** Ploughing - To break and turn over earth with a plough to form a furrow **
 * ** Binding and Thatching **
 * ** Haymaking - cutting grass and curing it for hay. **
 * ** Threshing - To beat the stems and husks of plants to separate the grains or seeds from the straw. **
 * ** Hedging - creating boundaries **
 * ** Outside work finished at dusk, working hours were therefore longer during the summer months **
 * ** Peasants made some of their own tools and utensils using wood, leather and the horns from cattle **
 * ** Women generally ate when her husband and children had finished and had little leisure time **


 * Middle Ages Feudalism was based on the exchange of land for military service. King William the Conqueror used the concept of feudalism to reward his Norman supporters with English lands for their help in the conquest of England. Daily life of Nobles and Lords during the Middle ages centred around their castles or Manors or fighting for the King during times of war. The daily life of nobles can be described as follows: **
 * ** The daily life of nobles started at dawn **
 * ** Mass would be heard and prayers would be made **
 * ** The first meal of the day was breakfast **
 * ** Lords and nobles would attend to business matters in relation to his land. Reports would be heard regarding estate crops, harvests and supplies. Finances - rents, taxes, customs and dues. The lord would also be expected to exercise his judicial powers over his vassals and peasants **
 * ** Complaints and disputes regarding tenants would be settled, permission to marry etc **
 * ** The daily life of the nobles would include political discussions and decisions **
 * ** As the Medieval period progressed the culture changed becoming more refined and elegant. Time was spent on the arts - poetry, music etc **
 * ** Weapon practise **
 * ** Mid morning prayers and a meal **
 * ** In the afternoon the daily life of nobles turned to hunting, hawking or inspecting the estate **
 * ** Evening prayer and then supper in the Hall of the Castle or Manor House **
 * ** After supper there might be some entertainment - music, dancing, jugglers, acrobats, jesters, etc **
 * ** The time for bed was dictated by the time the Lord or Noble retired **
 * ** Bedtime prayers **

By Tom  ** The daily life of a knight in the Middle ages followed a similar schedule to that of his lord or the noble he served. The Daily life of a Knight during the Middle ages centred around castles or Manors or fighting for his lord and the King during times of war. Much of his time was spent on honing his weapons skills and keeping his levels of fitness high. The daily life of knights can be described as follows: ** § ** The daily life of a Knight started at dawn when Mass would be heard and prayers would be made ** § ** The first meal of the day for the Knight was breakfast ** § ** Knights would engage in weapons practise at the quintain and the pell ** § ** The daily life of the Knights would include discussions on warfare strategy and increasing his knowledge of siege warfare and weapons ** § ** Mid morning prayers and a meal ** § ** As the Medieval period progressed the culture changed becoming more refined and elegant. Knights were expected to understand the rules of Chivalry and courtly love. Time might be spent on dance practise ** § ** In the afternoon the daily life of Knights turned to increasing their skills in horsemanship and would accompany their lord in hunting, hawking or inspecting the estate ** <span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1;">§ ** Evening prayer and then supper in the Hall of the Castle or Manor House ** <span style="background: white; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1;">§ ** After supper there might be some entertainment - music, dancing, jugglers, acrobats, jesters, etc ** <span style="background: white; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1;">§ ** Bedtime prayers ** ** The daily life of a peasant in the Middle ages was hard. Medieval Serfs had to labor on the lord's land for two or three days each week, and at specially busy seasons, such as ploughing and harvesting. The daily life of a peasant in the Middle Ages can be described as follows: ** <span style="background: white; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1;">§ ** The daily life of a peasant started at started in the summer as early as 3am ** <span style="background: white; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1;">§ ** A peasant would start with breakfast, usually of pottage ** <span style="background: white; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1;">§ ** Work in the fields or on the land started by dawn and the daily life of a peasant included the following common tasks ** <span style="background: white; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1;">§ ** Reaping - To cut crops for harvest with a scythe, sickle, or reaper. ** <span style="background: white; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1;">§ ** Sowing - the process of planting seeds ** <span style="background: white; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1;">§ ** Ploughing - To break and turn over earth with a plough to form a furrow ** <span style="background: white; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1;">§ ** Binding and Thatching ** <span style="background: white; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1;">§ ** Haymaking - cutting grass and curing it for hay. ** <span style="background: white; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1;">§ ** Threshing - To beat the stems and husks of plants to separate the grains or seeds from the straw. ** <span style="background: white; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1;">§ ** Hedging - creating boundaries ** <span style="background: white; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1;">§ ** Outside work finished at dusk, working hours were therefore longer during the summer months ** <span style="background: white; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1;">§ ** Peasants made some of their own tools and utensils using wood, leather and the horns from cattle ** <span style="background: white; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1;">§ ** Women generally ate when her husband and children had finished and had little leisure time ** ** Middle Ages Feudalism was based on the exchange of land for military service. King William the Conqueror used the concept of feudalism to reward his Norman supporters with English lands for their help in the conquest of England. Daily life of Nobles and Lords during the Middle ages centred around their castles or Manors or fighting for the King during times of war. The daily life of nobles can be described as follows: ** <span style="background: white; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1;">§ ** The daily life of nobles started at dawn ** <span style="background: white; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1;">§ ** Mass would be heard and prayers would be made ** <span style="background: white; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1;">§ ** The first meal of the day was breakfast ** <span style="background: white; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1;">§ ** Lords and nobles would attend to business matters in relation to his land. Reports would be heard regarding estate crops, harvests and supplies. Finances - rents, taxes, customs and dues. The lord would also be expected to exercise his judicial powers over his vassals and peasants ** <span style="background: white; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1;">§ ** Complaints and disputes regarding tenants would be settled, permission to marry etc ** <span style="background: white; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1;">§ ** The daily life of the nobles would include political discussions and decisions ** <span style="background: white; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1;">§ ** As the Medieval period progressed the culture changed becoming more refined and elegant. Time was spent on the arts - poetry, music etc ** <span style="background: white; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1;">§ ** Weapon practise ** <span style="background: white; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1;">§ ** Mid morning prayers and a meal ** <span style="background: white; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1;">§ ** In the afternoon the daily life of nobles turned to hunting, hawking or inspecting the estate ** <span style="background: white; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1;">§ ** Evening prayer and then supper in the Hall of the Castle or Manor House ** <span style="background: white; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1;">§ ** After supper there might be some entertainment - music, dancing, jugglers, acrobats, jesters, etc ** <span style="background: white; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1;">§ ** The time for bed was dictated by the time the Lord or Noble retired ** <span style="background: white; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1;">§ ** Bedtime prayers **