Daily life of nobility also included playing games, including chess, which echoed the hierarchy of the nobles, and playing music, such as the music of the troubadours and trouvères. This involved a vernacular tradition of monophonic secular song, probably accompanied by instruments, sung by profes...
After an early lunch, Charles V would meet with a variety of dignitaries, officials, and nobles. Ambassadors from other kingdoms would meet with the monarch and even present gifts. In England, these meetings could make or break a king's tricky relationship with the nobility. King John clashe...
In times of peace the Medieval nobles dedicated most of their daily life to hunting. It frequently happened that hunting occupied whole weeks, taking them far from their homes and families. When the season did not allow them to hunt, the nobles enjoyed feasting and gambling....
There were also laws prohibiting the wearing of masks in the street; this after an attempt on the life of Henry IV by some nobles disguised as Christmas mummers. Fire Fire was the constant fear of town dwellers. Due to closely packed wooden houses and inadequate water supply, fires were ...
Life of Nobles in the Middle AgesMedieval noblemen spent most of their time for running their estates and military training, while noble women took care for household and education of the girls. Sons of nobles were typically sent to another castle to be trained as knights. At least one ...
Picture of Medieval Children probably nobles by Bernhard Strigel Medieval Children Education Medieval peasant children were mostly illiterate and only a few were educated. The Church had a great influence on the education system of the Middle Ages and several cathedral schools were established by Bisho...
Two teams of knights, as well as their squires, battled it out on the field to the cheers of nobles and villagers. Unlike jousts, most tournaments prohibited the use of horses. The participants chose any kind of weapon for defense and offense. The results were often brutal. Many jousts ...
Magna Carta On 15 June 1215, King John signed Magna Carta, a document that safeguarded the basic freedoms, rights and privileges of the clergy and the nobles and placed limits on the power of the crown. Above all it asserted a fundamental principle: that the king was subject to the law ...
Chapter 2/ Lesson 8 73K The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer offer a glimpse of society and culture in medieval England. Discover how Chaucer uses people from a wide variety of social classes in his stories to reflect different aspects of classism, religion, and daily life. ...
Nobleman Lord Rosenberg (Til Schweiger) uses the chaos to begin seizing land from lesser nobles and Žižka is hired by Lord Boresh (Michael Caine) to kidnap Rosenberg's fiancée Katherine (Sophie Lowe) to stop his rise. She's the niece of the...The post Medieval Trailer: Ben Foster ...