Medieval life

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An examination of the major themes in medieval life, from birth to death, from language to performing arts, from country life to town life, from the structure of the universe to folktales.

Contents 1 Rural life 2 Town life 3 Religious life 4 Cultural life 4.1 Language and literature 4.2 Education 4.3 Visual arts 4.4 Performance arts 4.5 Food 5 Stages of life 5.1 Childhood 5.2 Love, Sex and Marriage 5.3 Customs 5.4 Medicine 5.5 Death 6 Time 6.1 The Past 6.2 The Present 6.2.1 Rhythm of the day/week/month/year 6.3 The future 7 The World 7.1 Nature and the Universe 7.2 Other creatures 7.2.1 Animals 7.2.2 Angels and Demons 7.2.3 Mythical creatures

[edit] Rural life

• Manorialism - Rural manor life.
• Medieval gardening
• Medieval hunting

[edit] Town life

• Medieval commune - Town defense.
• Guild - Town trade.
• Castle town
• Town and gown - Conflict between students and townspeople.
• Florilegium Urbanum Selection of primary source texts illustrative of various aspects of medieval urban life, in modern English.
• Slavery in medieval Europe

[edit] Religious life

• Rule of St Benedict - Daily rituals of a monk.

[edit] Cultural life

• Culture of the United Kingdom
• History of British society

[edit] Language and literature

• Medieval Latin - The unifying language of high culture.
• Medieval literature
• Medieval poetry

[edit] Education

• Medieval university
• Scholasticism

[edit] Visual arts

• Medieval art
• Medieval architecture

[edit] Performance arts

• Medieval music
• Medieval theatre

[edit] Food

• Medieval cuisine

[edit] Stages of life

This section looks at the major life stages and how they were expressed in medieval society, from birth to childhood, marriage, old age, sickness and death.

[edit] Childhood

• William (name) - Example of medieval naming patterns.

[edit] Love, Sex and Marriage

• Courtly love

[edit] Customs

• Book of the Civilized Man

[edit] Medicine

• Medieval medicine

[edit] Death

[edit] Time

This section examines the nature of time in medieval society, from how people saw the past, to the rhythms of the day, week, month and year in the present, to how people saw and predicted the future.

[edit] The Past

• English historians in the Middle Ages - How English historians saw and wrote about the past.

[edit] The Present

[edit] Rhythm of the day/week/month/year

[edit] The future

• Six Ages of the World
• Medieval astrology

[edit] The World

Medieval people saw the physical and spiritual world around them in a very different way than we do today.

[edit] Nature and the Universe

• Alchemy in Medieval Europe
• T-O map

[edit] Other creatures

[edit] Animals

• Bestiary

[edit] Angels and Demons

• Medieval revenants - Those who returned from the dead.
• Medieval Christian views on witchcraft

[edit] Mythical creatures

• European dragon