Clothing During The Middle Ages

From wearing fur trimming and jewelry with nice fabrics to eating various amount of foods with multiple spices on top, lords and ladies were seen as the rich and wealthy during the Middle Ages. Since the lords and ladies had power in comparison with people like peasants and serfs, they would have mostly all the luxury for themselves. Even though there were some factors in which they couldn’t control like sickness or making a family (pregnancy), the power they had on their hands allowed them to be seen as those who were higher on the pyramid. Elements like the clothes they wore, location they lived at, and the food they ate showed the difference from a peasants life to a lord and a lady’s life.
Clothes during the Middle Ages that were brighter and better were signs that they were wealthy people. The lord, or in this case the wealthy powerful men, would often wear hose (stocking, tights, etc) with a jacket. Not only that but often ladies, wealthy women during the time, would wear linen or silk undergarments with a gown topping the entire outfit. Clothing between both peasants and lords and ladies were different due to the amount of power each person had. Unlike those that were wealthy, peasants would be forced to wear cheap cloth or a blanket that way they
But these people would spend most of their time in the Keep, which was inside the castle. The Keep had great hall (that served as an office) dining room, and dance hall while the upper floors had bedrooms for the noble family to sleep in. Inside the entire castle there was stables and a large kitchen too. With all these rooms inside the castle, they were mainly filled with servants that would work for the castle day by day while other people like knights would defend