Milla Mélomane
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Once you get past the poverty, diseases (including dying from an infected scratch), patriarchy, religious wars, miserable heat/cold, lack of education/literacy, superstition, and hard labor every single day, their meals were OK
06:43 PM - Apr 28, 2024
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Ces Thee History Geek
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In response to Milla Mélomane.
Unless you happened to live in a war zone or during a plague, life was not nearly as ugly as some authors like to depict it--mostly attempting to prove the supposed superiority of modern times.
07:55 PM - Apr 28, 2024
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Milla Mélomane
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In response to Ces Thee History Geek.
That is entirely fair.
07:56 PM - Apr 28, 2024
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Ces Thee History Geek
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In response to Milla Mélomane.
There were lots of mandated religious holidays--Christmas & Easter (both 2 weeks long), Pentacost, Corpus Christi, assorted saints' days--when no one worked. Attendance at Mass wasn't viewed as some onerous, tedious duty but as being part of the community.
07:54 PM - Apr 28, 2024
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Milla Mélomane
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In response to Ces Thee History Geek.
You got entertainment (fine art, spoken word and music) plus a social outing.
07:56 PM - Apr 28, 2024
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eanybean
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In response to Milla Mélomane.
I read somewhere that peasants in the middle ages actually had more time off work than we do now. That all changed with the industrial revolution.

But they also had to sit in church for most of Sunday, and apart from learning practical skills that was the only education they could expect.
06:49 PM - Apr 28, 2024
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Milla Mélomane
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In response to eanybean.
Daylight hours were shorter during fall/winter, so entirely possible
06:53 PM - Apr 28, 2024
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