In medieval society, most people lived in villages ... Villeins worked on strips of land, spread out in different fields across the village. Life could be hard; if crops failed to produce enough ...

Land, village life and petty crime: the workings of the medieval legal system Manor court records are a good mirror into the realities of life in rural England, believes Dr Spike Gibbs. He has been ...

Portugal's medieval villages ... the fortified village of Óbidos — recently voted best tourist destinations — is like a postcard coming to life. As you enter the city through the majestic ...

Set in 1350, this medieval drama unfolds through a number of village characters telling their stories of life in the middle ages. We meet the baker, the herbalist, the landless labourer, the medicus ...