#MEDIEVAL EUROPE KNIGHTS DAILY LIFE MANUAL#
The noblewomen of the period, while also excused from manual labour, would also be kept busy with their allotted tasks. Shepherd, Historical Atlas, New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1923, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commonsĭuring medieval times, these aspects of estate management would most likely be handled by the men of the family, the male heads of the household, eg fathers, grandfathers, or older brothers. They would also have the financial aspects to keep in order, making sure all the workers were paid and that the books balanced.
There would be the administrative task that went along with owning and managing a large estate. While the nobles would not be involved in the hands-on work, the landowners would be kept very busy in managing these estates. These lands would be worked by the local peasant folk, who would take care of the day-to-day demands such as looking after the livestock, and growing and tending the crops. Many nobles were landowners, proprietors of vast estates that would include farms, lakes, and rivers. Their inherited wealth and position in society quite often precluded them from taking jobs or doing work as we understand it today. The nobles and aristocrats of the Middle Ages, much like their kin in later centuries, did not work at menial jobs or hard manual labour. But here is a glimpse of some of the lifestyle features enjoyed – and endured – by the nobles of the Middle Ages. The lifestyles of this intriguing group will have changed almost beyond recognition from the beginning of the medieval period to the final years preceding the Renaissance – an era spanning over a thousand years. This social order, ranking below the royals and rulers but superior to the labourers and working classes, lived fascinating lives, bridging the worlds of the royal courts and the everyday folk in the burgeoning towns and villages. These were dramatic and historic times, and while life may not have changed dramatically for the peasants and ordinary country folk who lived through this era, one social group that would have been at the forefront of lifestyle shifts were the ranks of nobles and aristocrats. This was the period of feudal systems, strict social castes, political instability and frequent wars.
This enchanting epoch conjures up images of chivalrous knights in gleaming armour, fighting courageously to defend their King and country, or genteel noblewomen in exquisitely embroidered dresses, picnicking beneath parasols in the palace grounds.īut the years of the Middle Ages were not always so genteel and romantic. The centuries of the Middle Ages, generally regarded as the period between the 5th and the 15th century, is one of the most captivating eras of European history.
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