The life of the children in the Middle Ages cannot be described in more general terms, as it was determined by many different factors. These include the origin, social status of the family, place of residence and gender. In general, the children of rich bourgeois families and aristocrats had a better life than children of poor peasants. In addition, infant mortality was very high, and many fatal diseases were rampant during this period.

When we think about a medieval noblewoman, our brain often produces images like that: Sweeping cuts, opulent fabrics, expensive colors and valuable accessories. In fact, during the thousand years of the Middle Ages, fashion trends changed the style of the garments significantly. In our blog post we are devoted to the garb of the noblewoman in the course of the Middle Ages.

Nowadays, the use of toilet paper is a matter of everyday course for us in Europe. We only think about it if someone has forgotten to replace the empty roll. But toilet paper in the Middle Ages, or even in ancient times …was there any? And what were the alternatives? We took a deep look into historical latrines.

The Middle Ages are an important period in the course of European history. It can be classified in time between antiquity and modern times. In more specific terms, its historical course is recorded between the 6th and 15th centuries. Within the thousand-year-old Middle Ages, an further internal periodization was classified as the early Middle Ages, the High Middle Ages and the Late Middle Ages.