Medieval+Life+and+Leisure

__Medieval Life and Leisure (ET)__(ET) Daily life of people during the The Middle Ages depended on your title. Whether you were knights, royalty, nobility, clergy, or peasants. (ET)

People imagine life during the dark ages to be magical and full of adventure and romance, but it was very different. It was routine day in and day out and revolved around an agrarian calendar. Most of the time was spent working the land, and trying to grow enough food to survive another year. Church feasts marked sowing and reaping days, and occasions when peasant and lord could rest from their labors. (ET)

There were many royal houses during the middle ages but the 2 most famous are the House Lancaster and the House Plantagenet. (ET)

House of Plantagenet (1138-1399), which included Henry II, who battled with Thomas Beckett over the powers of Church vs. State. Beckett excommunicated the king's supporters, and was later murdered by four of the king's knights in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170. Richard the Lionhearted was also part of this House. (ET)

House of Lancaster (1399-1461), which boasted three famous Henrys. Shakespeare would later pen the exploits of these kings, including Henry V, who renewed the English claim to the French throne and conquered part of northern France. This House would battled the House of York (1461-1485) in what would become known as the War of the Roses. (ET)

(ET) There was a document of law during this time; The Magna Carta. This document was created in 1215 and English Barons compelled King John to sign it. It went on to become one of the foundations of the English constitution. (ET)

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=Villages. (MH)=

however life is different depending on what social class you are at. (MH)
http://www.medieval-life.net/village_life.htm (MH)

=Cities. (MH)=

By the mid-900s, these fortified towns dotted the European landscape from the Mediterranean as far north as Hamburg, Germany. (MH)
http://www.medieval-life.net/city_life.htm (MH)

= Games. (MH) =

Children wrestled, swam, fished and played a game that was a cross between tennis and handball.(MH)
http://www.medieval-life.net/games.htm (MH)

=Music. (MH)=

The music of Medieval times was very important to the listeners of that era, whether it be for special celebrations, holidays, or for something as simple as eating a meal. (MH)
http://www.medieval-life.net/music.htm (MH)

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