During this time, Western Europe was divided into massive estates called manors. Few noblemen lived in castles, but the majority of the people were peasants known as serfs, who did not have proper housing, which consisted of huts with mud walls and no doors. Serfs diligently labored from sunup to sundown for the noblemen. Filling the streets with fetid garbage, people were ill and food was scarce. Unless one had other means, most people only lived up to the age of thirty because of harsh living conditions. Education and culture were not priority. Life during the middles ages was
During this time, Western Europe was divided into massive estates called manors. Few noblemen lived in castles, but the majority of the people were peasants known as serfs, who did not have proper housing, which consisted of huts with mud walls and no doors. Serfs diligently labored from sunup to sundown for the noblemen. Filling the streets with fetid garbage, people were ill and food was scarce. Unless one had other means, most people only lived up to the age of thirty because of harsh living conditions. Education and culture were not priority. Life during the middles ages was