Ancient cooking pots found in Northamptonshire Medieval peasants mainly ate stews of meat and vegetables, along with dairy products such as cheese, according to a study of old cooking pots.

Medieval peasants mainly ate stews of meat and vegetables, along with dairy products such as cheese, scientists have found. Food residues were extracted from the remains of cooking pots found at ...

When people belonging to peasant communities in late medieval Sweden prayed to God they usually stood up and put their palms together. That was how they displayed their devotion before God. This ...

American workers took 16 days holiday in 2015, but in the 1200s, English peasants enjoyed 150 days off a year. Professor Juliet Schor claims life was more much more leisurely pre-1800s capitalism.

The average medieval peasant however would have eaten nearly two loaves of bread each day, and 8oz of meat or fish, the size of an average steak. MEDIEVAL LIFESTYLE Calories: 3,500 - 4,000. Nearly two ...

Animals that could pose a threat or nuisance to a medieval peasant, like a snake or a fox, are nowhere to be seen. There is no night, no storms, and no one dies. The rivers flow with oil, ...

Rodney Hilton, 85, a British historian who wrote influential works on the rise of capitalism and medieval peasant revolts, died June 7 at his home in Birmingham, England.