1. Lifestyle of The Middle Ages
By Ryan Place

2. Everyday Life
Most people worked on the land, growing food and rearing livestock.
Hard work
Men, women, and sometimes children labored in the fields, ploughing, sowing, harvesting, and making hay for horses
Life revolved around the castle and the manor

3. Towns
A medieval town was walled and entered by gates that were shut from nightfall to sunrise.
The streets were narrow and houses high
The centre of the town was usually a large market square
Surrounded by the town hall, town buildings, the great town church, and halls of various gilds

4. Loose tunics in which hung to the knees
Clothing Men
Loose tunics in which hung to the knees
Wool pants were also sometimes added to the tunic, as well with leather shoes.
In harsh weather men wore jackets, the length of the jacket indicated wealth.

5. Clothing Women All wore tunics which fell to their ankles
Under these dresses women would wear wool or linen undergarments
On occasion woven tights or socks to cover their legs

6. Food Preserved salted fish Cheese from cows, sheep, and goats
Apples & pears
Grapes for eating and wine
Vegetables harvested from the fields. (Corn, onions, tomatoes)

7. Health Medicine
As populations in towns and cities increased, hygenic conditions worsened
Medical practices were limited
No antibiotics making diseases almost impossible to cure

8. Many myths and superstitions
Health Continued
Many myths and superstitions
Thought bad odor meant disease and disease of the body was caused by sins and tainted souls
Sought relief from illness by prayer, meditation, and other non- medical practices.

9. The Plague The Black Death
Bubonic plague
Carried in the saliva of fleas, who were infected by plague-ridden rats
Estimated 1/3 or as many as half of the total population died
Originated in Europe 1347, spread westward to plains of Asia covering the whole continent

10. The Plague Symptoms
Huge, painful swellings (boils) which appeared on neck, armpits, and groins
Swells oozed blood and pus
High fever, delirious
Afflicted person usually died within 48 hours