Meet the Middle Ages

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Workdays and holidays

What was it like to live in a medieval town? What did the workday look like to a craftsman, a merchant, a worker or a ten-year-old girl or boy? In the following chapter, you can read about workdays and holidays, about an ordinary day, but also about feasts, games, music and dancing. You will get to know what kind of food they had, what clothes they wore, what they did when they were sick and how the children and the young people lived in town. Enjoy yourself.