Daily+Life+in+Medeval+Towns

Daily life in a medieval town was horrible. The houses were very close together, it stunk very badly, and it was just plain dirty. People dumped their "business" out of the window right into the streets and it would just start to pile up in the street. There was so much you could barely walk through it. The houses were right on top of each other and there was no sideyard at all. The back yards were very small too. There was no running water or plumbing either so it was that made it even dirtier and it made everything stink even more. Life in these medieval towns were unsafe because of alot of theft. There were also animals roaming the streets which sometimes meant people would get bit or scratched. The people looked very dirty and nasty because they did not get to take baths everyday like we can today. When they did get to take a bath, most families had to use one barrel of cold water and everyone in the family had to share that water. The wealthy people were the only ones who could afford to pay for firewood so their bath water could be heated up before they took their bath.

A very significant issue during the medieval times was famine. Many people worried about famine happening to their family so they hid their food from everyone. Some people even claimed that people ate each other when they got hungry enough. Thieves started stealing food from people and this caused alot of people to lock everything up and stay away from their neighbors.



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