What Were the Houses of Medieval Peasants Like?
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It could be said that living as a peasant during the medieval period was quite a hard time. Depending on the wealth of the peasant, and the available building material in the area, houses were constructed in various ways. The most basic houses were built with foundations that were just support posts driven into holes in the ground. The most common wall-building method was to interlace tree branches to form the basic support and then to coat them with a clay and straw mixture, a process generally known as wattle-and-daub construction. The roofs of the cruck houses were thatched. It was quite flammable and provided a home for mice, wasps, spiders, and other small pests. Straw was also used for lining the floor, but this was not always the case, sometimes peasant houses did not even have a floor. Because windows let heat out and glass was expensive, the residence typically had only one window.
While the cruck houses were not that big, they often required repairs, and these were quite cheap and easy to do, making it good housing for peasants in that time. The facilities that make our homes comfortable nowadays were abundant in the peasant houses during the middle ages. The people during this time were covered in dirt, fleas and lice. The beds they were sleeping in were mattresses stuffed with straw, also a perfect habitat for all kinds of bugs. There was no running water, no toilet and no baths.
Music:
Adrift Among Infinite Stars by Scott Buckley
While the cruck houses were not that big, they often required repairs, and these were quite cheap and easy to do, making it good housing for peasants in that time. The facilities that make our homes comfortable nowadays were abundant in the peasant houses during the middle ages. The people during this time were covered in dirt, fleas and lice. The beds they were sleeping in were mattresses stuffed with straw, also a perfect habitat for all kinds of bugs. There was no running water, no toilet and no baths.
Music:
Adrift Among Infinite Stars by Scott Buckley
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