Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Winter in a peasant village, painted by the Limbourg brothers and published in the medieval illuminated manuscript 'Très Riches ...

When people think of the European Middle Ages, it often brings to mind grinding poverty, superstition and darkness. But the reality of the 1,000-year period from 500 to 1500 was much more complex.

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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 is ...

Medieval peasants worked only around 150 days per year, a result of the church scheduling frequent holidays to keep the labor force happy. Rating: Mixture (About this rating?) What's True: Many ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Celebrations for medieval peasants were frequent and centered around religious holidays, and the longest and most festive of these ...