Nobility

Noble Life By: Rebecca Introduction In the Medieval times there were nobles. Nobles were people who were very wealthy. Some were richer than the king. The nobles were the second strongest people in the medieval times.

Life In the medieval times, nobles were only 3% of the population. When they were born, their parents chose who they were going to marry. Noble people needed to have lots of manners like when they talked and ate. Only noblemen went to school. Women were taught at home by their parents. Most noblemen became knights when they grew up.

Homes The nobles started to build castles when wars started so they could protect themselves. They also lived in manors. Noblemen and women owned land but they didn’t want to share it. But they fought for more land to rule. Noble people had their own knights to protect them. When the man went to visit someone or was fighting in battle, the women were often left in charge of the house.

Clothing Noble people had many kinds of fancy clothes. Noble people had tailors make their clothes. They had clothes made out of velvets, fur, silk, linen, sheepskin, wool, cottons, and taffeta. Noble women had all the clothes they wanted. They wanted to dress up like a princess when they were at festivals and weddings. Clothes were very expensive. Noblemen wore pointy shoes. Sometimes, the shoes were so pointy they had to tie it around their ankles to walk. Women and men both wore jewelry too.

Food Noble people had really good food but the food they ate was cold. Chefs made good food when guests came for dinner. They only had one cup to drink with. Noble people mostly ate meat, vegetables, bread, salt, pepper, and spice. They ate with silverware. Some nobles had their own cup, knives.

Entertainment Noblemen and women loved entertainment. When they had guests for dinner, there were acrobats and jesters. Nobles mostly played chess. Sometimes, they watched knights jousting. Noblemen hunted animals when they weren’t fighting in battle. This was also practice to fight in a real battle.

Conclusion I think nobles in the medieval times might have been really greedy. They wanted more land to rule and they wanted to be more powerful than the king. Some nobles had more money than the king. Being a noble in the medieval times must have been really easy and sometimes hard to have all that power and responsibility.

Research Sources: Books Shuter, Jane. The Middle Ages. Heinemam Library, 2007 Eastwood, Kay. Medieval Society. Crabtree Publishing Company, 2004

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