If there is ever a time that I am glad I didn't live it is during the dark ages.  Or, maybe I did (?) since I have such a loathing for them! 

http://www.medievality.com/life.html

The site medievality.com whose link is above this is chock full of fascinating information.  I was going to pull the headlines for the medieval tortures so you could read those there but after reading them myself they were too sickening.  LOL

                                            

   

Medieval Life

What was life like during the Dark Ages? The Dark Ages were a period of great misery for some and great happiness for others. Please read the following articles to have a basic understanding of the time:


Medieval Health - Health during the Middle Ages was a major concern - a quasi-disaster. This article contains information about common diseases, medieval doctors and more.

Medieval Life - Life was not like commonly portrayed in the movies. It was terrible for the majority of the medieval population. Plagues, famine, diseases, enemies and a lack of law and order were few of the causes.

Law and Order of the Middle Ages - This article explains how law worked in the Middle Ages. Ordeals are also explained because they were vital to medieval law and order.

Medieval Food - The medieval world was a very hungry one. What one ate depended almost entirely on the social class. While the lord had access to meat, peasants could barely find bread for their tables.

Medieval Chivalry - Chivalry was the way of the knight and was widely used from the High Middle Ages onwards as a way of discipline and courtly love.

Famines of the Middle Ages - Famine was a constant threat during the Middle Ages. Population slowly declined despite the best efforts of the powerful nations such as England to improve nutrition.

Women During the Middle Ages - Information about women during the Middle Ages as well as a list of the most important women of the Medieval Times.

Feudalism - The description of Feudalism, it's causes and how it reached its inevitable decline beginning from the early Late Middle Ages.

Medieval Literature - Information about literature during the Middle Ages.

Medieval Education - Information about how education was imparted from the fall of Rome to the end of the Middle Ages.