Why You'd Never Survive a Medieval Winter as a Peasant
What was it really like to survive a medieval winter as a peasant under serfdom? In this video, we explore how the end of the Medieval Warm Period triggered the Little Ice Age, devastating European agriculture and collapsing crop yields. We break down the Great Famine of 1315, when wheat prices in England soared 700% and millions starved. You'll learn how families survived in longhouses alongside livestock, breathing toxic wood smoke from open hearths, and how ergotism — known as Saint Anthony's Fire — turned contaminated rye bread into a hallucinogenic poison. We cover the Great Bovine Pestilence, the Black Death that killed up to 60% of Europe's population, and how centuries of suffering finally erupted into the Peasants' Revolt led by Wat Tyler. This is the Middle Ages they don't teach you in school. #medievalhistory #middleages #greatfamine #blackdeath #medievallife
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