Medieval” has come to mean backward, uninformed, and brutal, particularly when looking at the lives of women. This does not ...

It has been argued that during the Middle Ages, up to 85% of the population were peasants. Their working day was long, hard, and extremely difficult. For some their day of backbreaking labour could ...

Most people in medieval society lived in villages, there were few large towns. The majority of people were peasants, who worked on the land. There were a range of jobs and trades in towns and ...

Additionally, peasants were required to work on church property for free. A brick house was the life style of the rich during the Later Medieval Period. Brick, which was very expensive, led many to ...

Its goal is to make available to teachers and students volumes that contain translations of selected primary documents that illustrate various aspects of the life experience of medieval men and women.