What Are The Most Important Traditions Of The Middle Ages

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In the Middle Ages, they had a weekly market where the local bakers, cooks, brewers and winemakers prepared food. People, from knights to peasants, watched acrobats, jugglers, fire-eaters and rope walkers perform. They also listened to storytellers and musicians. Some instruments that the musicians might play would be flutes, violins, harps and drums. The people in the Middle Ages also had a lot of celebration going on. Each month were celebrated by religion with feasts and festivals. Some of the most important celebrations were in January, the birth of Jesus, in March, the crucifixion of Jesus, in June, the “Festival of fire”, in November, the Day of the Dead, and in December, Christmas celebration. Another important day was Saint’s Day because

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