PEASANTS AND KNIGHTS FACTS

DAILY LIFE (PEASANTS)

• Peasants woke up early in the morning and worked on the field
• Peasants walked on foot to get to places
• They worked with their families outside
• Peasants had watermills to make bread which they worked at
• They usually didn't drink water from the mills because it was extremely dangerous

DAILY LIFE (KNIGHTS)

• Knights usually had enough meat to eat from hunting in the woods
• They also used the woods to hunt for animals to train for important battles
• Knights were respected by peasants and citizens

TRAINING AND EDUCATION (PEASANTS)

• More than half of the peasants had no education
• Peasants were trained by their fathers to learn to farm
• The higher class peasants, were trained on how to use a watermill to make bread
• Watermills were extremely important for peasants because it made bread for them to eat

TRAINING AND EDUCATION (KNIGHTS)

• Knights had powerful and strong armor made of steel
• The armor of knights were made of various types of strong items
• This armor was very hard to get through with a sword ot any weapon

RIGHTS/PRIVILEGES (PEASANTS)

• Peasants had very little rights
• They were allowed to go to church and pray
• If they were disrespectful to higher class people, they could be killed
• Peasants were treated bad at times

RIGHTS/PRIVILEGES (KNIGHTS)

• Knights were treated with deep respect
• They were allowed to kill people if they weren't respected
• The knights could take wheat and bread from peasants for theirselves
• Knights had the privilege of working for the king and lords

WHAT THEY ATE (PEASANTS)

• The main food that peasants ate was bread
• They ate mainly bread because they could go hunting and had no weapons
• At some points in time, they received meat from the higher class people but very rarely

WHAT THEY ATE (KNIGHTS)

• Knights had different varieties of food to choose from
• They ate bread, meat, vegetables, etc...
• They went hunting out in the woods for wolves and many other animals

JOBS (PEASANTS)

• The main job of peasants was to farm
• They farmed many types of crops
• Most of this food was to feed their families and themselves
• They worked at nearby watermills to make grains for bread to eat

JOBS (KNIGHTS)

• The knight's main job was to fight in battles
• They also had the obligation of protecting the king
• Knights were trained every day for battle
• Knights had to protect tye king's land from invaders