Life of a Peasant
When you think of the Middle Ages you think of Kingsand castles, knights in shining armor saving the princess,and savage warfare to coincide with horrible diseases andplagues taking lives. For the most part that was true, butwe are forgetting about the majority of the population,otherwise known as "the commons". These people can easily becompared to you and I living in these times. The peasantswere not a part of the noble class or associated with theclergy, but just lived plain and simple lives and tried toget by with what they had. In those times they did not havea lot. Since all of us would be considered peasants in thosetimes, I am going to take us back to that era and comparethe life of a peasant to our lives now. From the day theyare born all the way to their death. I will go over thedifferent types of commoners, go over how they grew up, whatthey ate, and even what they did for fun back in those days. Childbirth in Medieval times were much of the same asthey are now. I say this in the biological way only ofcourse. Birth was not in the hands of a physician, butentirely up to a midwife. The only reason there would be adoctor there is if there was a pathological complication.
In today's times, everyone isinvited to the Baptismal celebration of their newborn. Just like today when you leave an infant leftalone dangerous things can occur. In Middle English the words were,"I crystene thee in the nome of the Fader, and the Son andthe Holy Gost. Through their games andfestivities, they expressed their values and their sense ofidentity. At least theywere considered to be humans. Just like today people had a wide variety of names tochoose from. Menusually would not marry until their late twenties. During the first few yearsof life the child was almost always under femalecare. Peasants remained semi-dependent until he inherited aholding, until which he continued to work for his family'sholding. They also played the simple "heads and tails" gamewith a coin. I've played Italian cards and it is fun once youlearn the point system and all the rules of the game. Even boys and girls tookpart in all the same activities. That meant thatthere was little time for "Barbies" or experimenting withmake-up. Girls wouldlearn different tasks then the boys.
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