What Are Thralls Affect Quality Of Life?
Wealth:
The thralls didn’t have many possessions or money. Most of the possessions they had would have been the ones they made themselves. They sold the possessions they made for money in the market. Some Thralls did make enough money out of that to improve their status and move into a different level of society. Some of their possessions would comprise for most needle and twine and little clothing.
Status:
People could be born into slavery. The child of a slave mother and father was a slave too, but if the child had a slave mum and a free father the child was free. The thralls could improve their status if they made enough money to buy themselves out of it by selling handmade goods at the markets. Bankrupt free men could also sell themselves into slavery.
Quality of Life:
Slaves did not have a very good life. Thralls slept at the darkest end of the house with all the animals as they were considered as a domestic animal or lived in the smallest huts, which were …show more content…
often damp or draughty. Most typically the thralls would eat the left overs or sneak some food from the crops they would grow.
Legal rights:
Slaves had no personal rights.
Slaves were known or seen as “cattle”, or as advanced domestic animals who usually lived in the darkest end of the longhouse with the other domestic animals. If slaves did not behave right, then they were beaten with the owner’s choice of punishment and to as much satisfactory as the owner wanted. Slaves did the filthiest jobs e.g. farm work and work around the houses. Slaves were most of the time seized in the war. Slaves could be purchased by traders and sold in the marketplace. If slaves ran away, they could and most likely killed. But, if slaves saved enough money, they could buy their way out of slavery. In this life slaves, did have time to create possessions to sell. Some slaves were paid if they did a special job or were tossed a coin for some reason. Some thralls were put in a slave chain which stopped slaves from running away. Slave chains were round iron bracelets, joined by links of heavy metal were fastened around a slave’s wrists or ankles and locked
shut.
Daily activities:
Slaves were used for dirty, difficult, dangerous work like in the salt mines, around the farm. Thralls were mostly always on the farm on a day to day basis or working at making their own goods to sell.. Thralls were used as labourers and servants not only on farms but in workshops.
Life expectancy:
The end of a Viking’s life was marked with a funeral. Kings, queens and other rich Viking’s were commonly buried with riches or sometimes their slave/thrall were killed and buried with them. So, the slave’s life expectancy most of the time relied on the King/ queens or what happens in the raids as they are taken with them. 50% of adult men died between 21 and 30 years of age and this may be because of conflict and the generally turbulent times. Women had high risk of dying when in pregnancy and 35% of them did not survive beyond the age of 30.
The thralls didn’t have many possessions or money. Most of the possessions they had would have been the ones they made themselves. They sold the possessions they made for money in the market. Some Thralls did make enough money out of that to improve their status and move into a different level of society. Some of their possessions would comprise for most needle and twine and little clothing.
Status:
People could be born into slavery. The child of a slave mother and father was a slave too, but if the child had a slave mum and a free father the child was free. The thralls could improve their status if they made enough money to buy themselves out of it by selling handmade goods at the markets. Bankrupt free men could also sell themselves into slavery.
Quality of Life:
Slaves did not have a very good life. Thralls slept at the darkest end of the house with all the animals as they were considered as a domestic animal or lived in the smallest huts, which were …show more content…
often damp or draughty. Most typically the thralls would eat the left overs or sneak some food from the crops they would grow.
Legal rights:
Slaves had no personal rights.
Slaves were known or seen as “cattle”, or as advanced domestic animals who usually lived in the darkest end of the longhouse with the other domestic animals. If slaves did not behave right, then they were beaten with the owner’s choice of punishment and to as much satisfactory as the owner wanted. Slaves did the filthiest jobs e.g. farm work and work around the houses. Slaves were most of the time seized in the war. Slaves could be purchased by traders and sold in the marketplace. If slaves ran away, they could and most likely killed. But, if slaves saved enough money, they could buy their way out of slavery. In this life slaves, did have time to create possessions to sell. Some slaves were paid if they did a special job or were tossed a coin for some reason. Some thralls were put in a slave chain which stopped slaves from running away. Slave chains were round iron bracelets, joined by links of heavy metal were fastened around a slave’s wrists or ankles and locked
shut.
Daily activities:
Slaves were used for dirty, difficult, dangerous work like in the salt mines, around the farm. Thralls were mostly always on the farm on a day to day basis or working at making their own goods to sell.. Thralls were used as labourers and servants not only on farms but in workshops.
Life expectancy:
The end of a Viking’s life was marked with a funeral. Kings, queens and other rich Viking’s were commonly buried with riches or sometimes their slave/thrall were killed and buried with them. So, the slave’s life expectancy most of the time relied on the King/ queens or what happens in the raids as they are taken with them. 50% of adult men died between 21 and 30 years of age and this may be because of conflict and the generally turbulent times. Women had high risk of dying when in pregnancy and 35% of them did not survive beyond the age of 30.