Life on a Medieval Manor

This book is suitable for ages 7-14. The majority of people in Western Europe in the Middle Ages were peasants. Children will enjoy discovering how a manor was run, the distribution of power on a manor, and what peasants homes and daily lives were like. The topics include: the working lives of peasants; serfs and free peasants and what they did; peasant homes and the home of the lord of the manor; the manor court and peasant rebellions; and women and children and tradespeople's roles on the manor.