How Peasants Actually Survived Brutal Medieval Winters

Think your winter is rough? Medieval peasants would laugh in your frostbitten face. In this video we dig into the genuinely unhinged things people did to survive brutal medieval winters, from the mass animal slaughter of Blood Month and barrels of salted pig parts, to the never-empty pottage pot that outlived the family cat. We cover why families slept piled together like a human burrito, shared beds with total strangers at inns, kept cows indoors as living radiators, and even slept for months on end like bears. It was filthy, freezing, and somehow it worked. Subscribe for more weird history. #MedievalHistory #WeirdHistory #HistoryFacts