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and castles, knights in shining armor saving the princess,
and savage warfare to coincide with horrible diseases and
plagues taking lives. For the most part that was true, but
we are forgetting about the majority of the population,
otherwise known as “the commons”. These people can easily be
compared to you and I living in these times. The peasants
were not a part of the noble class or associated with the
clergy, but just lived plain and simple lives and tried to
get by with what they had. In those times they did not have
a lot. Since all of us would be considered peasants in those
times, I am going to take us back to that era and compare
the life of a peasant to our lives now. From the day they
are born all the way to their death. I will go over the
different types of commoners, go over how they grew up, what
they ate, and even what they did for fun back in those days.
Childbirth in Medieval times were much of the same as
they are now. I say this in the biological way only of
course. Birth was not in the hands of a physician, but
entirely up to a midwife. The only reason there would be a
doctor there is if there was a pathological complication.
. . .
invited to the Baptismal celebration of their newborn. Just like today when you leave an infant left
alone dangerous things can occur. In Middle English the words were,
“I crystene thee in the nome of the Fader, and the Son and
the Holy Gost. Through their games and
festivities, they expressed their values and their sense of
identity. At least they
were considered to be humans. Just like today people had a wide variety of names to
choose from. Men
usually would not marry until their late twenties. During the first few years
of life the child was almost always under female
care.
Peasants remained semi-dependent until he inherited a
holding, until which he continued to work for his family’s
holding. They also played the simple “heads and tails” game
with a coin. I’ve played Italian cards and it is fun once you
learn the point system and all the rules of the game. Even boys and girls took
part in all the same activities. That meant that
there was little time for “Barbies” or experimenting with
make-up. Girls would
learn different tasks then the boys.
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