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                                         Order In the House                        

  The great lords had several castles and their entire households spent much of the year traveling from one castle to the next, they took all their valuable possessions with them, including jewelry and their tapestries sometimes even there beds!

Lords and Ladies

    The most power full and wealthy people in the later medieval world led comfortable lives, surrounded by great luxury; they spent their money on precious jewelry, elaborate clothes and rich furnishings such as tapestries. Power and possessions were passed down from parents to children. Marriage was extremely important and was often arranged to bring powerful families together.

    The medieval world was ruled by men. Noblewomen, however took control of their husbands castles and estates. When the men were away fighting women could wield considerable power.         

                                   Village life

    The villagers did not own the land, the lord of the manor did, the poorest people were called serfs or villains, they had to give a portion of the crops and food to the lord because they too were owned by the lord. Farming was a skilled and complex business, which required knowledge of land, and the crops.   

Food and Feasting

    Villagers ate simple food that was always made by them. They ate pork on special occasions. In winter people in the middle ages preserved food by salting or by pickleling. Beans, meat, and fish were dried, sometimes meat was smoked.

     Meat was cooked over an open fire. In a large castle there was a fireplace to cook larger pieces of meat. Pastries, pies, and bread were baked in a hole in the wall near the fireplace. 

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