1. Daily Life in the Middle Ages

2. 4.2 The Growth of Medieval Towns

3. The Growth of Medieval Towns: Where and Why?
Towns were often located next to rivers
Made trade easier

4. The Growth of Medieval Towns: Contributing Factors
Improved farming methods
Revival of trade with the east

5. The Growth of Medieval Towns: Charters
A charter allowed the members of a medieval town to govern themselves

6. Section 4.3

7. Guilds: What and Why?
Guilds were associations of people who practiced the same craft or trade
Set up to make sure members were treated fairly and produced quality goods

8. Guilds: A How To Guide Boys became apprentices at 12
Lived and worked in the home of guild master
After 7 years, a sample of work was examined
If it met standards, he was allowed to join

9. Stained Glass showing Cloth Makers Guild
Guilds: Examples
Cobblers
(shoe makers)
Stone Masons
(built cathedrals)
Cloth makers
Stained Glass showing Cloth Makers Guild `
Carpenter
Boot Maker

10. Guilds: Helping the Helpless
Provided them with money and food in times of need
Crest of Coopers Guild (barrel makers)

11. 4.4 Trade and Commerce

12. Trade and Commerce: Role of the Merchant
By selling food and goods, merchants attracted people to towns
Merchant and Customer
Typical Medieval Storefront

13. Trade and Commerce: Merchant Fairs
Large gatherings where goods from all over Europe and the east were sold
Attracted merchants from many countries

14. Trade and Commerce: The Power of the Merchant Class
Sold variety of goods from far away lands
Dominated towns business life
Joined town councils
Merchant Vessel

15. Trade and Commerce: Mistreatment of Jews
Had difficulty farming due to hostility and tensions
Victims of violence
Had property taken
The yellow badges Jews were forced to wear in the Middle Ages were reintroduced by the Nazis

16. 4.5 Homes and Households

17. Homes and Households: What did they look like?
Most were small, crowded, and built of wood
Homes of the wealthy were larger

18. Homes and Households: Uncomfortable
Rooms were smoky, cold, and dim
Fireplace was only source of heat and main source of light
Note the animals inside

19. Homes and Households: A Hard Knock Life
Almost 50% of all children died
Those who lived began preparing for their adult roles at 7 years old ?

20. Homes and Households: Girls Then and Now
Married and had children young
Only the wealthy learned to paint/read music
Educated at home
Taught only cooking, cloth making, running a home

21. 4.6 Disease and Medical Treatment

22. Disease and Medical Treatment: Unhealthy and Uneducated
Unhealthy living conditions
Lack of understanding of how diseases spread
Led to many illnesses and deaths
Map Showing the Spread of the Plague

23. Disease and Medical Treatment: Common Diseases
Measles
Cholera
Scarlet Fever
Bubonic Plague

24. Disease and Medical Treatment: Common Practices
Prayer
Magic
Herbal Medicines
Bloodletting
Leeches
Leeches
Lancing
Herbal Medicines

25. A Medieval Dentist
Pliers
Teeth Necklace
Illuminated Manuscript

26. Disease and Medical Treatment: The Blame Game
Jews were sometimes blamed for outbreaks of diseases

27. 4.7 Crime and Punishment

28. Crime and Punishment: Danger
Towns were poorly lit
Streets filled with pickpockets and thieves

29. Crime and Punishment: Guilt and Innocence
Trial by Ordeal: accused had to pass a dangerous test
Trial by Combat: accused had to fight to prove their innocence

30. Crime and Punishment: Torture
Minor crimes = fines and time in stocks
Major crimes = hanging or burning at the stake

31. Crime and Punishment: Improvements
12th century is start of courts being used to determine innocence or guilt

32. 4.8 Leisure and Entertainment

33. Leisure and Entertainment: Fun and Games for Kids
Dolls
Toys: wooden swords, hobbyhorses
Rolled hoops
Badminton
Lawn bowling
Blind Man’s Bluff

34. Leisure and Entertainment: Fun for Grown Ups
Chess
Checkers
Backgammon
Card and Dice Games
Dancing

35. Leisure and Entertainment: Mystery Plays vs. Miracle Plays
Mystery Plays re-created stories from the Bible
Miracle plays were about the lives of saints

36. Leisure and Entertainment: The Church
Church disapproved of them
Townspeople still enjoyed them

37. The End!
Question: Why were the Middle Ages also known as the Dark Ages? Answer: Because there were too many knights.