At different times, a number of you have also asked how I remember different events and dates. I guess that these particular dates act as way markers to other dates, events and significant interludes, throughout the medieval period. They’re bit like a ‘neural motorway’. I don’t need ...
About Chester:First established as an ancient Roman outpost, Chester’s prime location in Northwestern England helped it grew into a regional power in Medieval times. Huge sections of Chester were spared from WW2 bombs so the village’sblack and white half-timbercharm still shines brightly. Typica...
What is a manor? Learn about manor houses and their lords in medieval times. Find out about the layout of the medieval manor house and manor life in Europe. Updated: 11/21/2023 Table of Contents What is a Manor Manor Middle Ages History Manorial Structure Lesson Summary Frequently Asked ...
The community in a medieval village was called a manor which was commonly arranged along a single street with houses on both sides. Surrounding the manor were fields, pastures, and meadows and it was also common to build the community in a place that had a stream nearby as a source of wa...
natural landscape is extremely important. You’ll need to consider soil fertility, groundwater levels, and the availability of food sources. There’s no tool to sculpt your perfect picturesque valleys and rivers; what the terrain gives is what you’ll get, just like in ye olde medieval times...
In Roman times salt had been used as money and the English word salary comes from the latin word for salt. It was more usual that the peasants would smoke meat to preserve it through the winter. Peasants lived in one roomed houses and the fire was in the middle of the room. Consequent...
The church tower occasionally served double duty as the priest's residence and often was built to be defended in times of trouble. School was held in the church porch or in a room over it. The church's role went far beyond religion; it was the centre of village community life. Gifts ...
In later times, when the old kingdom of the Britons was barely a memory, many of the stones were re-used by prosperous Govan families as memorials for their own deceased. Hence we see the initials of people who died in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries inscribed on a number of ...
The long timbers used as passing braces are likely to have been derived from buildings in southern Germany which used conifers such as fir, timber that in turn had a long history from Roman times.doi:10.1080/00665983.1979.11020500Fletcher, J. M....
The open field system of agriculture dominated most of Europe during medieval times and endured until the nineteenth century in many areas. Under this system, peasants lived on a manor presided over by a lord or a bishop of the church. Peasants paid rent or labor services to the lord in ex...