Medieval Times

Royal court

RoyaL court

• Being a king was the highest power there was.
• Kings were could own many castles at a time.
• Kings wore things that had jewels embedded in it.
• Royalty were filthy rich.
• e queens were most often daughters of another king or from powerful families.

RoyaL court

• Kings and queens wore many different jewels.
• Kings and queens wore many.
• A king had so much power that they could kill someone just for nothing.
• Royalty wore many bold colors like red, blue, electric green, and purple.

Medieval Clothing

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•  Ancient Egyptian men wore skirts of linen.
•  Women wore a straight ankle-length dress.
• Young men wore white silk shirts.
• Over this they wore an abbreviated tunic and close-fitting tights.
• Men’s hairstyles were long and hats were set at angles.

Medieval clothing

• Ladies’ gowns had square necklines.
• From 1520 to 1545 the fashionable shape was governed by the addition of padded puffs
• This idea was derived from the dress of Swiss and Bavarian mercenaries.

peasants' life

Peasants' life

• Nine-tenths of the people living in the Medieval Times were peasants.
• Many peasants suffered from famines.
• One village housed ten to sixty families.
• Children were usually named after close relatives or saints.
• Houses were made of stone or branches covered with mud and straw.

Peasants' life

• Most houses had only two small windows made of glass
• The main crops that was grown were corn, wheat, beans.
• The beds were piles of dried leaves with animal skins to cover. 
• Every residence had a vegetable patch.
• Peasants labored 260 days a year. 

Running A manor

Running a manor

• Most people lived there
• Manor consists of:
• village
• church
• lord's village or castle

running a manor

• Lord of the Manor govern the community and appointed officials who made sur
• The jobs were farming the demesne, or lord’s land, and paying rents in the
• The lord acted as a judge in the manor court and had the power to fine thos
• Manors were often isolated, so villagers had to produce their own things
• some things like salt and iron came from outside people’s houses

Running a manor

• The only visitors were peddlers, pilgrims, and soldiers
• Few people traveled far from their own village.

DEath and diseases

• In only 10, it had killed over one-third of Europe’s population.
• People were sick everywhere, and villages got wiped out one after another.
•  People thought that if they could protect themselves, they wouldn’t get infected

Bibliography

Bibliography

• Medieval Life. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Print.
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• Clothing History: 1400-1500 / Lithograph. Fine Art. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 5 Feb 2014. http://quest.eb.com/images/109_124430
• "The Lifestyle of Medieval Peasants." History Learning Site. History Learning Site, 2013. Web. 5 Feb. 2014. .   
• Medieval Arms And Armor. Photographer. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 5 Feb 2014. http://quest.eb.com/images/115_2743253

bibliography

• Britannica. "Medieval Times." Britannica Encyclopedia. N.p.: Britannica, 2013. 1. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. Web. 5 Feb. 2014. . 

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