Middle+Ages+(c.+476–1450)+SOCIAL

Student Members: Brandon Brown, Schyler Brown, Justin Smith, Cara Doil

__**Food:**__ -ate three meals a day; breakfast, dinner, and supper. - Lower class had healthier diets than the upper class. For example, the lower class ate more vegetables and the upper class ate more sugary things like fruit enbalmed in honey. - Bread was a large part of the diets for the rich AND the poor, however the rich ate Manchet bread while the poor ate rye and barley bread. - The upper classes enjoyed a wide variety of spices like pepper, nutmeg, garlic and cinnamon. - The poor ate lots of vegetables and dairy. - Meat was another large part of the Medieval diet. The lower classes consumed beef, pork and lamb. The upper classes consumed deer, boars and rabbits. - Foods were preserved by means of salt, pickling, honey, drying, smoking and being candied. - Most cooking occured over an open flame during this time. - Clean water was not widespread so many people drank alcohol. The poor drank ale, mead and cider while the rich drank many differnet wines.

__**Fashion**__: -wore tunics, togas, trousers, and laced sandals -sometimes, hose took place of trousers -wore wide gowns decorated w/ embroidery -tight lacing worn on women -girdled at the hips and created a long waisted appearance -gowns and sleeves were long length -mens clothes get smaller -long pointy shoes -women's headdresses were long and pointy -tunic was narrowed evolved with a doublet

Social classes: In order of social status, king and royal court come first, nobility than merchants, city readers (mayors), peasants follow in that order. In the church: bishops, monks and nuns clerks friers cannons parsons.

Entertainment: For fun, people went to Jousting tournaments, fairs, and enjoyed watching pets that do tricks. "Magic", hunting and hawking, entertainment bars (taverns), banquets and feasts were also subjects of interest.

Economy:

Medicine: illness was result of punishment from god. medical knowledge was almost non existent. bleeding was treatment for most diseases.