![]() Girls played with “poppets", dolls made from cloth, wax, wool, wood, or clay. Medieval Games like Ritmomaquia quadrat were popular in medieval times Medieval children played with toys such as dolls, marbles, sticks, rattles, and spinning tops. Peasant children mostly spent their time helping their parents with day-to-day activities that included activities such as growing food, raising livestock, and doing household tasks. Food was cooked in the main room over an open fire, hence these cottages were also smokey. Medieval peasant children lived in small cottages that had small windows and were mostly dark. Similarly, noble girls at this age were sent to other noble houses to become a lady. At the age of seven, noble boys were sent to other noble households to learn how to become Knight. ![]() Medieval Royal Children were usually Prince and Princesses and lived in castles or manors with their families, servants, advisors, knights.Īt a younger age, royal children learned manners, reading, writing, and dancing. Medieval children also wore different kinds of hats, for boys, there were round hats whereas the girls had bonnets. Medieval peasant children wore cloaks, tunics, and woolen socks. Types of costumes worn by musicians and other medieval people. Boys wore tunics that were loose garments and came down to their knees whereas girls also wore tunics, but the length of garments reached their ankles. Medieval children wore clothes similar to that of their parents. Medieval children were not lucky enough to have meat on a regular basis, however noble children had all sorts of expensive foods, and their diets included white bread, fish, meat, vegetables, and different kinds of fruits.Ĭhildren under the age of five usually drank milk but were not allowed to drink wine, whereas the children between the age of 5 and 14 were allowed to drink water wine that was less potent Peasant children mostly ate thick stew made of grains and vegetables, called Pottage was cooked on a fire. Noble and Peasant children ate different kinds of food. Poor medieval children’s only hope was to be educated by priests who taught them a basic understanding of how to read and write. Noble medieval children were mostly educated during their training to become a knight as it was mandatory for them to be able to read and understand the code of chivalry. The Church had a great influence on the education system of the Middle Ages and several cathedral schools were established by Bishops. Medieval peasant children were mostly illiterate and only a few were educated. Picture of Medieval Children probably nobles by Bernhard Strigel ![]() Noble medieval children lived in the castles with their parents and by the age of seven boys were sent to other castles to train to become knights, whereas girls were sent to learn how to manage everyday activities at home. Young peasant children were assigned duties such as scaring birds from the fields, collecting eggs from the chickens, and collecting fruit, whilst older peasant boys were taught how to harvest a crop. They had to work hard and support their parents from a very early age. The daily lives of peasant and noble children were very different, peasant children were very poor and were mostly uneducated. The initial months of life for medieval children were tough and only around fifty percent of children would survive during the first year due to a high child mortality rate. At this age the child was considered capable enough to differentiate between right and wrong, thus rendering them responsible for their acts. According to the common law, a boy or a girl was considered a child from the time he or she was born until the age of around twelve. ![]()
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