When people belonging to peasant communities in late medieval Sweden prayed to God they usually stood up and put their palms together. That was how they displayed their devotion before God. This is ...

For a medieval farmer, life began before dawn. The rooster’s crow was the only alarm clock. He rose to the chill of morning, ate coarse bread and weak ale, and walked to the lord’s fields. As part of ...

In medieval Spain, the rigid social order didn't always stop ambitious peasants from rising through the ranks. This video uncovers the rare but fascinating paths that led commoners to knighthood - ...

Many mainstream economic historians do believe the average number of working days for peasant laborers in England hovered around, and even sometimes below, 150 days per year for certain stretches of ...

Medieval peasants enjoyed stews and plenty of dairy products (PA) Medieval peasants mainly ate stews of meat and vegetables, along with dairy products such as cheese, scientists have found. Food ...