Medieval Living Conditions: Towns

Question 1

What 3 main features did houses in towns have?

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Answer 1

1.) Centre houses = close + no garden (CROWDED)
2.) Craftsmen and Tradesmen workshops in home.
3.) Supposed to clean drains + streets –> didn’t

Question 2

How would people access water in towns?

Answer 2

• Conduits.
• Water sellers (from leather bags)

Question 3

What were the 3 ways waste was dealt with in towns?

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Answer 3

1.) Public latrines (toilets) erected into market squares
2.) Rakers removed waste
3.) cesspits were cleared by gongfermors and taken to fields as fertiliser or tipped into streams.

Question 4

Why was there an issue of pollution in towns?

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Answer 4

• Smoke from industries caused bad pollution.
• Open fires (houses has poor ventilation)

Question 5

What types of luxury foods would townspeople have access to?

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Answer 5

• Townspeople had access to sugars and spices.

Question 6

Where were conduits found in towns?
Why?

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Answer 6

• Found near Catherdrals and Friaries.
• They needed the water for baptism.

Question 7

How would wealthy people in towns access water?

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Answer 7

• Wealthy people in towns had wells in their own gardens.

Question 7

Was waste an issue in towns?

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Answer 7

• Yes because trademen and craftsmen would cause a big mess.
  + waste was piling up (took 3-4 days to get rid of it.)

Question 8

Give 2 examples of businesess that caused an issue of waste in towns.

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Answer 8

• Tanners, released toxicity into water.
• Animal carcasses left in streets.

Question 9

What are tanners?

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Answer 9

• Tanners are people who tan leather.
  They caused a big mess in towns

Question 10

What two other diseases, other than Black Death, were common in Medieval times?

Answer 10

• Typhoid (unclean water)
• Dysentery (dirty water/ food being contaminated with human waste.)