1. Medieval
Times

2. People King Bishops Monks Priests Lords Lords and ladies Knights
Peasants and servants

3. Churches and Cathedrals
Buildings
Walls
Houses
Castles
Churches and Cathedrals
Monasteries

4. Education Most children didn’t go to school.
Children from rich families:
They worked in the fields or took care of younger brothers or sisters.
Private tutors at home
Given to monasteries or abbeys.

5. Clothing MEN’S CLOTHES: Tunics down to their knees
Tunics down to the ground (old men, monks, kings and noblemen for parties and ceremonies)
Wool pants or tights (especially noblemen) under their tunics.
Wool cloaks (when it was cold)

6. WOMEN’S CLOTHES
At least one tunic down to their ankles.
A linen under-tunic and a woolen over-tunic (if they could afford it)
A wool cloak (to go outside).
Woven tights or socks
They never wore pants.
Something to cover their heads (veils, hats, turbans …)

7. Food
People’s diet depended on social status: poor people (which was the majority) ate a few types of food while rich people ate a great variety of foods.
Make cheese
Some vegetables (carrots, onions, garlic, turnips).
Potatoes didn’t exist in Europe at that time.
Grew barley
to make bread.
Gather some fruits (apples, pears, mushrooms).
Collect honey to sweeten foods and drinks.
* In southern Europe they use herbs and olive oil.

8. Rich people also eat different types of meat: beef, lamb, pork, rabbit, chicken,...
Poor people ate meat only occasionally.
Rich people also celebrated great banquets where lots of food and drink was served.
Servants sometimes ate the leftovers.

9. Working in the vineyards
Drinks
People drank alcoholic drinks:
Ale (made with malt and water)
Beer (made from barley too)
Cider (“apples wine”)
Mead (made with honey and water)
Wine (from grapes mainly in southern Europe although there were other fruits used to make other types of wine)
Water was unclean and
not save to drink
* Often children drank the same as adults. Sometimes low-alcoholic drinks were made for them.
Making beer
Working in the vineyards

10. The “Black Death” was a devastating plague in Europe from 1347 to 1351
Health & illness
Hygienic conditions were bad.
Medical knowledge was limited.
It was impossible to cure some diseases (antibiotics were not invented yet).
Remedies: often herbal in nature, also ground earthworms, urine, and animal excrement.
There were lots of plagues and many people died.
Barbers did surgery.
The “Black Death” was a devastating plague in Europe from 1347 to 1351

11. Art
Roman, German and Islamic arts mixed together in the Early Middle Ages.
Two styles are important in this period:
Romanesque
Around 1100 turns into …
Gothic

12. Credits: http://www.historyforkids.org http://www.middle-ages.org.uk
Ana Maestro Güemes
March 2009
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