Medicine In The Middle Ages

The middle ages were a hard time for everyone. People struggle everyday trying to have enough food on the table and to be able to afford everything for their basic needs. The government wasn’t so great either. Everyone’s lives were difficult unless they were the wealthy. The government, people’s daily lives and medicine were difficult during the middle ages. Medieval Europe had different forms of government depending on the state and time period. People were governed by a king, lord or city assemblies. According to “Government”, “In order to curb the power of the nobles, kings began to call into being national assemblies-gatherings of subjects that included the three ‘estates,’ or social categories.” These three groups were called the clergy, the nobility, and the bourgeoisie. They would watch the king’s actions and make sure everything is running is smoothly. These
Peasants had to work in the fields all day. However, the Nobles wouldn’t do much work and would just enjoy life. Nobles would go hunting or deal with business regarding their land. They had peasants who worked in the fields for them. According to “Daily Life”, “Men and women toiled in the fields from dawn to dusk, with only Sundays and holy days free.” They had no choice, but to work or they wouldn’t be able to have the basic needs they needed to survive. Peasants had to live in small, one room houses. The houses had straw on the floor and the room was very smoky. Women had to cook for the whole family while the men were out working in the fields. People would only eat two times a day. After dinner, there would be some type of entertainment: music, dancing, etc. During these ages, the most someone would live to be was 25 years old. This was because during the middles ages people didn’t have the knowledge on medicine, doctors have today. They didn’t have good hygiene so they got infected easily with diseases from