22/04/2020

What People Did On Their Free Time in the Middle Ages


It’s the weekend, and there is a wide range of things we can spend our free time doing. From sports to entertainment, mini vacations, seeing friends and personal hobbies, we all have our favorite things to do on our time away from our jobs and responsibilities to blow off some steam.

Now we’ve got it quite easy in this day and age, having ample technology, entertainment options and a whole host of activities we can choose from. With that in mind, think back to Medieval times, where life was hard and peasants worked intensely to earn their small keep.

Of course, they too had time away from their labors, with usually Sundays off and special church holidays or weeks off for events, weddings, and births. Not to mention the afternoons and evenings and in between their work.

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