society - What professions would a medieval village with a …
2019年8月20日 · Because about half of a Medieval village will be children (many of whom can be useful but they won't have professions) or people unable to work because they're heavily pregnant/nursing, very elderly, injured, disabled, or ill. If all 100 can work at a profession then it's not a village, it's a work camp. $\endgroup$ –
In a medieval setting, how far apart should towns be?
2017年4月9日 · This is a medieval European (fantasy) setting, with the following (highly tentative) parameters: Each town is vaguely autonomous, and have their own municipal government system. Towns do trade with each other, but are not exactly dependent on said trade. Towns vary in size from the rural village (pop. ~400) to a more prosperous city (pop. ~6000).
How/why did the layout of a medieval village change over time?
They don't mix. (4) There are many many many books about the history of various cities. Pick a city, search for "history of <city name>" on Archive.org. (Ah, and the first picture is in the nature of a diorama, illustrating how a feudal domain worked. It is not not not intended to represent the actual physical layout of a medieval village ...
infrastructure - How large should my fortified medieval village be ...
2019年1月4日 · $\begingroup$ With Medieval technology, you need 70 ha of land to feed 100 people. So, the pallsade can't cover that. 100 Medieval people live in 15-20 houses, the village doesn't need to be very large. $\endgroup$ –
Size of family-owned medieval farm? - Worldbuilding Stack …
To try to answer your question more directly, a study of Elton, England the Gies' Life in a Medieval Village showed that between 500-600 people in the village farmed 758 ha (1872 acres) of land. 182 ha (451 acres) belonged to the lord of the manor, an abbot, and the rest fed the peasants. The village had 113 'tenants' working the entire area ...
How big were medieval cities? - Worldbuilding Stack Exchange
Medieval cities developed organically, streets happened where they happened. Planned cities are to be found in the classical civilization or in the modern world. Look at a plan of the old parts of London or Prague. (4) Farming families don't live in cities. (5) A large medieval western European citiy had a few thousand inhabitants. $\endgroup$ –
medieval - Can a large village or small town be self-sufficient over …
2020年10月10日 · It is generally likely that a medieval village can become relatively self-sufficient, this is to say that it can maintain itself on the bare minimum through food and the basic necessities without outside help. Of course as stated prior, this depends on the environment around such a thing.
humans - How to calculate a village's population size
2020年8月29日 · This village is the northernmost village on this side of the kingdom, but it's not against the mountain range itself. The region is somewhere in the temperate zone. Fairly Straight north of the capitol of the tiny kingdom. One of the youngest villages, Tiny lake to the south where the two rivers meet. Closest village is southeast.
How would a medieval village protect themselves against dinosaurs?
2019年11月17日 · During the day with human activity in the village and fields that should be enough to deter most herbivores, more determined herbivores could be kept back using ditches or trained animals such as dogs. Large carnivores should be spotted early, creating a buffer zone of cleared land outside of the village and fields would help in this regard.
Travel time in Medieval times - Worldbuilding Stack Exchange
2017年1月10日 · If by "medieval" the question really means the European Middle Ages, say around 1200, then long-distance overland travel is an adventure in itself. How far one could travel overland in two weeks during the Middle Ages depends on several factors: where is the travel taking place; in what season is the travel to take place; and how rich is the ...