Medieval Town Life

Buildings

• Houses – Small: Usually 2 floors and very close

• Churches – Largest buildings; Cathedrals

• Market Place – Center of attention: large and crowded

• Streets – Narrow and unpaved

Jobs/Occupations• High Taxes• Most people were farmers• Church leader – powerful, well known

through the town• Blacksmith – 2nd highest authority• Some farmers Traders in 11th century

Rules/Law

• Freedom inside the town/walls• Under law of no lord unless in a castle

Danger/Hazards

• Houses close together -> Fire; roofs and walls flammable

• Crime – Very high, uncontrolled unless caught

• Disease – Epidemic; usually seen as a punishment

Landscape

• Usually on flat ground• Build also on high grounds• Sometimes built near a castle; Defense

Pollution

• Water – Full of mineral, brown to black• Sewage dumped in streets; sickness• Smoke from fires• Dead bodies

Groups

Rank1. Bailiff- churchmen and officers2. Craftsmen- Blacksmiths 3. Servants- To the king and bailiffs4. Serfs/Peasants- slaves and workers

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CREDITS

Medieval Lifehttp://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/ma/mahome.htm

Social Studies Activity Book, Medieval times 325-1453 A.D.Mark Twain Media/ Carson-Dellosa Publishing Company, Inc