Life during the medieval period was either great or very difficult. This depended on a
person's family history and their classification. Ruling, clergy, middle, and peasant were the four
main types of classifications during the medieval times. People in the ruling and the clergy class
usually had the best of everything, so their lives were great. Life was very difficult for the middle- class people and the peasants. Most of them did not have much at all. Many peasants would go
days without eating. Parents in those two classes wanted to give their kids the best, but they did not
have enough to provide for them. John Thatcher is a good example of a poor parent that wanted the
best for his son.
In the movie, A Knight's Tale John Thatcher loved his son, but he could not …show more content…
Jocelyn thought William was
different and William wanted to show her that he cared about her. Most people back then
communicated their feelings by sending letters, so that's exactly what William did. He sent Jocelyn
the most romantic, love letter. "...I miss you like the sun misses the flower. Like the sun misses the
flower in the depths of winter. Instead of beauty to direct its light to the heart hardens like the
frozen world your absence has banished me to..." (Wat) The rest of the letter included a lot of
poetry. Back then poetry was one successful way to win a woman's heart.
Poetry was used for many things. Men used poetry to impress women. Poetry was used to
make music, but most medieval poetry was used for religious purposes. Only well educated people
knew how to write poems, but everyone spoke the same language. Higher class people knew more
languages and had wider vocabularies, but everyone knew the Middle English language. Latin
words were used in the medieval language. Most of the words were spelled in Latin. "Here
bygynmeth the Book of the Tales of Caunterbury." (Halsall) That is how people in the
person's family history and their classification. Ruling, clergy, middle, and peasant were the four
main types of classifications during the medieval times. People in the ruling and the clergy class
usually had the best of everything, so their lives were great. Life was very difficult for the middle- class people and the peasants. Most of them did not have much at all. Many peasants would go
days without eating. Parents in those two classes wanted to give their kids the best, but they did not
have enough to provide for them. John Thatcher is a good example of a poor parent that wanted the
best for his son.
In the movie, A Knight's Tale John Thatcher loved his son, but he could not …show more content…
Jocelyn thought William was
different and William wanted to show her that he cared about her. Most people back then
communicated their feelings by sending letters, so that's exactly what William did. He sent Jocelyn
the most romantic, love letter. "...I miss you like the sun misses the flower. Like the sun misses the
flower in the depths of winter. Instead of beauty to direct its light to the heart hardens like the
frozen world your absence has banished me to..." (Wat) The rest of the letter included a lot of
poetry. Back then poetry was one successful way to win a woman's heart.
Poetry was used for many things. Men used poetry to impress women. Poetry was used to
make music, but most medieval poetry was used for religious purposes. Only well educated people
knew how to write poems, but everyone spoke the same language. Higher class people knew more
languages and had wider vocabularies, but everyone knew the Middle English language. Latin
words were used in the medieval language. Most of the words were spelled in Latin. "Here
bygynmeth the Book of the Tales of Caunterbury." (Halsall) That is how people in the