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Medieval people by occupation (46 C) B. Byzantine fiscal offices (1 C, 27 P) Byzantine judicial offices (12 P) Byzantine titles and offices (9 C, 18 P)
Galloway, Priscilla (2003), Archers, Alchemists, and 98 Other Medieval Jobs You Might Have Loved or Loathed (Jobs in History), Annick Press, ISBN 978-1-55037-810-8; Hanawalt, Barbara A. (1995), Growing Up in Medieval London: The Experience of Childhood in History, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-509384-1
Medieval pages might accompany their lords to war. While their roles in battle were generally limited to secondary assistance and minor support functions, pages might expect to participate directly in siege situations. This could occur when a castle was under attack and crossbows were available for use by pages among the defenders. The ...
Using only tools from the medieval times, several dozen workers are building a castle after finding a hidden fortress in France. Builders go back in time to construct castle the medieval way Skip ...
In the Medieval Kingdom of Hungary the castellan was called "várnagy", and in the Latin chronicles he appeared as "castellanus". The lord of the castle had very similar functions to those in German lands. In Hungary the King initially designated castellans from among his court for the administration of castles and estates.
Neither Greek nor Latin had a word corresponding to modern-day "family". The Latin familia must be translated to "household" rather than "family". [1] The aristocratic household of ancient Rome was similar to that of medieval Europe, in that it consisted – in addition to the paterfamilias, his wife and children – of a number of clients , or dependents of the lord who would attend upon him ...
The word seneschal (/ ˈ s ɛ n ə ʃ əl /) can have several different meanings, all of which reflect certain types of supervising or administering in a historic context.Most commonly, a seneschal was a senior position filled by a court appointment within a royal, ducal, or noble household during the Middle Ages and early Modern period – historically a steward or majordomo of a medieval ...
Although castle has not become a generic term for a manor house (like château in French and Schloss in German), many manor houses contain castle in their name while having few if any of the architectural characteristics, usually as their owners liked to maintain a link to the past and felt the term castle was a masculine expression of their ...