Wednesday, May 18, 2011

What was daily life like in Medieval Europe?


  Daily life in Medieval Europe was pretty similar to our life today. For games/entertainment they played chess, tossed pebbles or as they call it potsherds. They also played dice, checkers, and a game of backgammon. They had lots of fun playing games.

  For religion in Medieval Europe, they chose to use the Orthodox religion from the Byzantines. They followed every rule, and book that involved that religion. The people also took the Cyrillic alphabet from the Byzantines as well.

  The women of Medieval Europe had a similar "job" to do like the women of Sparta. The womens' social status was based upon how much land you owned. Womens' work included the following: cleaning the house, cooking meals, taking care of medicine, watching the vegetable gardens and the land, and raising children. So the women of Medieval Europe was very similar to the women of Sparta.

  Medieval food was a good, and balanced diet. Their meals consisted of grains, pulses, vegetables, olives, wild greens, and fruit. They ate the pulses and vegetables acording to whatever season it was. They mainly had 2 meals a day and that was a light breakfast, and a evening meal; which was close to dinner time. They did not have big meals just things that would hold them until the next day or meal.

 In Medieval Europe, slaves were called laborers. Like any other slave or laborer, the person was either short-term or long-term. They could pay off their by working it off, or paying it to the rightful owner.

1 comment:

  1. I like that you give lots of deatials. You tell what its similar and differ from. that great.

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