They never ate properly or the way they should eat either and that mad them weak and un-healthy and they got sick easy because of lack of food. They had lack of variety of foods and hardly ever ate vegetables but whenever they did happen to get vegetables they would make Pottage which is vegetable soup. The diets between the rich and the poor were very different, the poor ate very badly whereas the rich didn’t eat that well either they ate much better than the poor because they had slaves to cook tea for them. The poor never ate properly because they would spend half there time cooking for the rich people and wouldn’t have enough money nor time to cook for themselves which meant they don’t get the right amount of vitamins so they would get very sick and most likely die.
There hygiene was also very disgraceful, that is yet another reason why they died so often, because they didn’t keep themselves clean and dirty things like fleas and lice would be attracted to them, and they could be carrying diseases and pass them on to them. They hardly ever had baths of washed their clothes and when they did they’d bathe in dirty water and wash their clothes in dirty water so there wasn’t much point anyway because they’d just be getting back into the same dirty clothes. They never cleaned inside their houses so it was always dirty, and insects and things were crawling around everywhere, and if they ever did get diseases they would most likely die because there is nothing to treat the diseases.
Farmwork in Medieval England went from dawn to dark every single day, except Sunday, Sunday was their only rest day. There other main rest days were various feasts days and holidays other than that it was all work. There was a bit of an advantage for farmwork and that was that they always worked outside in the fresh air, and they would be breathing in all fresh air. It was one of the pretty good jobs they could get back then in Medieval England. Whereas all the slaves had the worst jobs because they just had to go around all day and night fending for other people. Farmwork was a much better job because they were always outside in the fresh air.
Castles in Medieval England usually could only be built by the approval of the king, who wanted to ensure that only good fortified castles were in the hands of someone he could trust. The Normans were master castle builders, the castles were a sign of Norman power and might. There were 2 different kinds of castles: Motte and Bailey Castles which were made of wood and easy to put up and square keep Castles which were made of stone so they lasted longer. And as time moved on they could afford to build bigger castles known as Concentric Castles.
In conclusion Medieval People survived the way they lived back then, even though they never ate properly they had bad hygiene and a lot died of diseases, but still a lot survived. I really enjoyed researching on this topic because it made me realize how badly people lived back then and how good we live and how lucky we really are.
