Medieval life

Winther have really got it´s strong hold on Denmark and for the moment it seems like a very long time to spring and summer. I´m really missing my plant dyeing and the colourfull yarns that it gives. Thankfully one of my friends from our medieval group gave me a large amount of mushroms in november in exchange for something nålebundet. I was thrilled that she had picked so many which were enough to dye fabric in the size of 1 m x 1,6 m. So a couple of weeks ago I got the earge to dye and…

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All about life in a medieval Castle. Living in castles, chateaux forts, stately homes, manor houses and great country houses

Viking village life.

It is no surprise that the medieval period was filled with all kinds of undesirable jobs. There were leech collectors, cesspool cleaners, serfs, and gong farmers, to name a few. But one vocation that was, perhaps, one of the toughest, was the job of the medieval executioner.

Today we would like to show you some sources and techniques for doing laundry in the 14th and 15th century.

It’s easy to romanticize life in a castle. Many of us imagine lavish feasts, grand festivals, medieval games, and all the rest. Although much of that did happen, it certainly wasn’t everything that life in a castle had to offer. It was largely uncomfortable, with sickness and disease a commonplace, and rarely did people get to experience the simple creature comforts that most of us take for granted today.

The Arrival by Graham Turner: Edward IV enters London through Bishopsgate to reclaim the throne on the 11th April 1471

T he way of life of peasants in the middle Ages was extremely cruel and grueling, many worked as farmers in fields owned by the lords and ladies of the manor; their lives were constantly centered...