Daily English Life In The 1400's Drew Christensen and Maxwell Kresek Henry Trudden

Children Children saw very little of their parents. When they were young nurses tended looked after them. In most occassions when they were 7 they went and lived in another noble household. Boys learned how to fight and at 21 they sometimes became knights. Sometimes children married young at the age of The children did not get to pick who they married either, their parents arranged the entire wedding. Children were expected to help the family as soon as they were able to.

Society In the 1400's life was like a pyramid, the king was on top. Below him were the barons, then at the bottom were peasants. Most of them were not free and could not leave their land without their lord's permission. >During this time power was very important,the higher you are up the pyramid people tended to have more respect for you

Peasant's House Peasants houses were small wooden huts. in the middle of the peasants hut was a fire used for cooking and heating, they had no chimneys. Chairs were very expensive so people sat on benches. They slept on straw and for pillows they used logs. >These types of houses were not usually for the rich.

Wealthy People Rich people lived in stone houses. They had a main hall and 2 rooms at the end which had chimneys. they had windows, even in rich homes chairs were very rare, they used stools. they had toilets that sometimes dumped right into their moats.

Clothes Clothes in the 1400's men wore tunics and some wore shorts with stockings. Women wore long tunics down to their ankles. >Even in some rich houses their cloths were not washed every time they were used. Poor people would wear the same clothes for months at a time without washing them. >Many times people used clothes as a symbol of a certain group. like the nicest clothes were typically worn to church and important events

Food The rich ate well they ate beef and venison. On saturdays and sundays they eat fish which they would get out of their ponds or rivers. poor people ate very little meat so they ate lots of breads and cheese. There was only one hot meal per day. >food was hunted and gathered for various times during the week

Warfare the backbone of their armies were knight on horses. The armor was made of iron rings. They carried kite shaped shields. they built small wooden forts, surrounded by a moat.they used swords and longbows. >Many of the battles were and usually did not last over a day > You could earn more respect the higher the ranking.

Transport Roads were small dirt tracks. Men traveled by horseback if they could afford a horse. Women traveled in cloth wagons.When they traveled by water they went in cogs which were small one mast sailboats. The roads were also very bumpy and very hilly especially in certain parts of london.

Education upper class children were educated. boys grammar schools were very strict and they were beat for bad behavior. As time progressed education did to. >Many times boys were not allowed to go to school not just because of the money problem but because they had to stay home and help their families. > Girls were not allowed to go to school no matter what. Many people thought girls should learn how to bake gather and take care of the house. (Girls did not have the respect that they have today). > Schools were also limited and not offered to most children.

Medicine Most people could not afford doctors fees so they saw wisemen. who used remedies which were sometimes better than doctors. They manley believed in cutting yourself to bleed out the disease. Bathing in scented water and laxatives were also ways to treat a disease. >Many people would die when they were sick because of lack of knowledge of the disease and lack of medicine. >It was also believed if you were very sick that you were a witch or the devil was inside you.

Religion The majority of of religion in England was christianity. >It was not as important as it was in latter years but it was still practiced >There were fewer were fewer churches but they were still scattered across England.

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