Life in the Medieval Era.

Food
- Game, bread, cheese, eggs, butter, milk, herbs, vegetables, grain. 
- Honey used for sweetness.
- Ale consumed among all classes - amount depended on the class.
- Wine - mainly drunk by the upper class, usually watered down.
- Fish was available - Church took it upon them selves to make rtules as to when it was suitable to eat. 

Life
- Feudal system was the control of the land.
- Quality of jobs usually dictated the quality of life.
- Medicines etc were controlled and used more frequently for higher class.
- Games, bear and ball bating - entertainment system. 

Medieval Church.

- Far greater role than today,
- Dominated life - all believed in god and heaven/hell.
- Taught that the only way they could get to heaven was the church at the time would let them.
- Weekly services.
- Peasants worked on church land. - Paid 10% of what they earned.Tithes. 
-  Buried in holy land if your soul was to get to heaven.
- BIG money element to the church.
- King Henry got hold of the money when he became king - wealthy church which monarchs wanted to control.

Society

- Domesday book - SENSUS; more than 90 percent of the English Nation (2m) 
- Many lived off the land, althjough the paesants had to combine this with being a labourer.
- Free/unfree; free - church, kings, queens.
- Church owning 75% of the land.
- Knighthood was rewarded for service for bought in by the wealthy.