Comparison Of Manors And Towns

Though manors and towns were places people lived in the Middle Ages, there were many differences as to how people lived in both; people in manors had no freedom, while the people living in towns could do whatever they would feel like. Manors and Towns helped many people to survive during the Middle Ages because without them people would be living in a horrible, uncivilized manner. Here are a few as to how manors and towns are similar: they both provided a place to live, they are areas with land, they carried infectious diseases (the bubonic plague), both were in the medieval times, and usually were very dirty. Manors and towns had many things that were different in fact, like people were free to do anything in towns, while people living in …show more content…
Both, manors and towns provided a place for people to live. Manors are home to many people in society, such as Lord’s, Ladies, Knights, Peasants and even Serfs. Towns are places where people like Peasants and Serfs go to live when they decide to leave manors. In Medieval times, manors and towns carried infectious diseases, such as the Bubonic Plague. In manors, people such as Peasants bring back infectious diseases when they are coming back from places such as wars and/or other places in which people are sick. Also then, in towns, people catch these diseases by passing germs; like if one person where to get this disease they would touch something, and the next people to touch this would catch this disease and spread it to many others. Another thing that was similar about these towns and manors was that since people littered and threw rotten garbage on the ground, so then the bacteria would spread through the air and people would get sick. In manors, garbage wouldn’t be collected for many days, leading the rats in the trash to get people sick. Then, in towns, people would throw their trash right out the window, so then rats would go eat the food and catch harmful diseases for both, people and other …show more content…
Something that they both always had in common was they were both places that people lived in. In manors, people like serfs, peasants, knights and lords/ladies lived in. Whereas in towns, people such as, nobles and escaped serfs and peasants had lived there. Manors had people divided up into many social classes; unlike Towns, they only had one social class made, which was the “middle-class”. In manors, there were many social classes; some included, peasants, serfs, knights, lords/ladies, etc. On the contrary, people in towns only belonged to one social class, which was the “middle-class”. Many Towns and Manors were home to people during the Middle Ages, without them, people would be baffled when choosing a place to stay. All in all, without towns and manors, people of the Middle Ages would be clueless on where to find a safe and in fact, a good place to