Life On a Medieval Manor

The majority of people in Western Europe in the Middle Ages were peasants. Children will enjoy discovering how a manor was run, the distribution of power on a manor, and what peasants' homes and daily lives were like. Topics include - the working lives of peasants - serfs and free peasants and what they did - peasant homes and the home of the lord of the manor - the manor court and peasant rebellions - women and children and tradespeople's roles on the manor