Notes

Bathing-

1.       People bathed once a month.

2.       People wore the same clothes day after day, they only had one outfit.

3.       They used lavender flowers and mint in the water for cleaning. These were used to keep the fleas away because they had a lot of animals  and staw in their houses.

Chairman-

1.       The word chairman comes from the Middle Ages where a house only had one chair, for the exclusive use of the man of the family.

Sleeping-

1.       At night time people would pile onto a mattress, a lump of straw on the floor. The whole family slept in the same bed. If an animal was friendly they may sleep in the bed to keep you warm of course.

Troubadours-

1.       Troubadours traveled from town to town singing for their supper.

2.       His songs were often about love or the glory of kings.

3.       Troubadours would strum a lute.