Compiled by Veronica

The Feudal System (Feudalism)

Children  Age 10: Boys in fields with men, apprenticeship, or entered service  Girls: stayed with mother and learned chores; married young; wealthy girls learned how to paint or read music  Very little affection Children  Age 10: Boys in fields with men, apprenticeship, or entered service  Girls: stayed with mother and learned chores; married young; wealthy girls learned how to paint or read music  Very little affection

 Towns were dirty  No running water  Waste and garbage thrown in streets – polluted rivers  Rats and fleas were common, carried disease  Common diseases: measles, cholera, scarlet fever YUCK!

Did their best to keep clean!  Cleaned teeth with cloth; some used herbal pastes  Bad teeth were pulled out; no anesthesia  Washed hands  Bathed in wooden barrels; cold water – wealthy had warm  Scented clothing with lavender, rose petals, chamomile, daisies

I’m Sick!!  Prayer  Herbal medicines (magic)  Bloodletting (leeches) herbs.html

It wasn’t ALL bad  Children’s games: hoops, lawn bowling, blind man’s bluff, badminton  Adult games: chess, checkers, card games  Had dancing, music  Children had toys: dolls, wooden swords, hobbyhorses  Good Lord = lots of food and merry times  Holidays

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