Monday, May 16, 2011

Daily Life in Medieval Europe



Daily Life was some what similar to daily life now.
Crop yields were still only a faction of their modern equivalents.
90% of land was needed to farm.
Civilization was distinguished by a high level of urban development.
The city was by far a complex human environment of the middle ages.
They relied on cereal crops, the community was commonly what historians say is a open field.

a child was born in bed at the home of its mother. for a mother and child, birth was a neatened danger moment. when the child is born they are marked by the ceremony of baptism, if not baptized, the church thought you could not enter heaven. responsibility of a child in the house where most distributed by gender. Men were generally older than the wives. Marriage age was about Men-20. and Women-low 20's. marriage ageing the lower classes were Men- varied ages women- late teens.marriage ceremony was celebrated at the doors of the church. Higher social scale- no problem for security in the old age. Most people died at birth. After death-body was head wrapped in cloth, carried to church.

1 comment:

  1. that is REALLY intresting! how could they think that if you werent baptised you wouldnt go to heaven? I can tell you did ALOT of resseach and the format is FANTASTIC!!!! :) Your doing good so far LOVE the blog!!!!

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