How did medieval people wipe their a**? What was the weather like in the Middle Ages? How much was medieval money worth?
Medieval historian and co-host of the Gone Medieval Podcast Matt Lewis answers Google’s most searched questions about life in the Middle Ages.
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00:00 Introduction
00:41 Did medieval children go to school?
01:34 Were there medieval universities?
03:00 How old were medieval people when they started working?
03:23 Were there apprenticeships in the medieval period?
04:22 What was the weather like in the medieval period?
05:31 Where did medieval people sleep?
06:48 What hairstyles were popular in the medieval era?
08:21 How did medieval people wipe their a**?
09:33 Did medieval people wear underwear?
10:11 What music did medieval people listen to?
11:05 What was the average height of an adult in the medieval era?
11:58 Did medieval people brush their teeth?
12:46 How did medieval people hear about news?
13:33 Which medieval country was the best to live in?
14:07 Did medieval people go on holiday?
15:13 What were the existing religions in the middle ages?
16:37 How diverse was medieval England?
17:46 How did medieval people tell the time?
19:07 What did the average day look like for a peasant, priest or king?
20:59 How likely were you to die of the plague?
21:33 What was the plague cycle?
22:10 How likely were women to die in childbirth?
23:07 How much was medieval money worth?
24:16 What was the average lifespan in the middle ages?
24:41 Was there a judicial system in the middle ages?
26:32 How did medieval people entertain themselves?
27:12 How did people share stories in the middle ages?
28:31 Were medieval people flat-earthers?
29:03 Did medieval monks party?
29:40 Conclusion
As a hog farmer, and one that does non confinement, I've had a very tame sow. I bet I could sleep in the same hut as her, and she wouldn't care, so long as the hogs didn't squeal. I've also laid down around other litters for fun in the barn that had multiple litters. If they trust you, and the pigs don't squeal, they don't care. If the pigs squeal, or the chickens in with the sows sound off, you may be in for an issue. 😀 Chickens and hogs can get along very well, to the point the chickens ride on top of the sows.
19:36 8000-9000 calories a day is body builder level of surplus. I doubt they would eat that good.
I knew there were medieval universities because I saw one in Shrek ☺️
About girls schools .. Princess Anna of Kyiv brought books as part of her dawry. She was educated and corresponded with Pope. What kind of historian are you?
A nice story is about the German word "urlaub" which means holidays. Because this was originally the permission of your lord to leave your land classically to serve as a temporary soldier for his overlord.
I think he mispoke about the monetary system. 12 pence to a shilling, not 20.
Why are you being disingenuous? There were vanishingly few black people in medieval England as there were vanishingly few white people in Ethiopia! Major port cities would always have a more diverse population than other places.
Buddhism was around in that period too
There were 4 farthings in a penny, 12 pennies (d) in a shilling, 20 shillings in a pound £, and 21 shillings in a guinea.
How diverse was Europe? It wasn't. It was like every other country on earth before they all decided to move to Europe and America and displace whites from their countries