First Facts about the Middle AgesFact…the Black Death killed almost half the population of Europe between 1347-1351. Fact…for most people, life in the Medieval times was uncertain, unpleasant and short. What hardships did people face? What was life like for kings and queens in castles? Did young people go to school? Find out these facts and much more in "First Facts About the Middle Ages." |
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INTRODUCTION | 7 |
KINGS CLAIMED THEIR POWER CAME FROM | 8 |
CASTLES WERE EMPTY MOST OF THE TIME | 10 |
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15th centuries Anchorite animals apprentices armor Attacking babies bathroom Beechmast Nuts birds Black Death Boys bread builders building built carted castle CASTLE'S cathedrals chain-mail church CLAIMED THEIR POWER cook cooking-pot cottages Crafts disease Facts about Medieval farm fire Flails Heavy Fully trained garlic girls grains of wheat grapes HOLIDAYS holy HOLY DAYS homes honey hunt Jerkin jointed sticks journeymen keep Kerchief KILLED MILLIONS KINGS AND LORDS KINGS CLAIMED KNIGHTS Wore land lawyers leather LEPROSY lice and fleas live loincloth manor house marriage married master master-craftsman MEDIEVAL castle Medieval doctors MEDIEVAL KINGS Medieval people believed merchants metal Middle Ages monasteries monks NOBLEWOMEN nuns ODAY padded cloth peasants pilgrimage PILGRIMS plague plates popular medieval sport prisoners rats reached Europe religious rich or noble robes Senior priests servants soldiers taught thick Timber frames took towns tunics velvet village Wattle-and-daub winter women wooden wool young