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Bread. Most people during this time were very poor by our standards, and couldn't afford meat or vegetables unless they could grow them. They had entire meals of just bread when they ran out of other foods. Throughout history, bread has been a staple food for poor people.
There are several foods we have that people did not eat in medieval Europe. Three in particular are maize, tomatoes, and potatoes, all of which were New World plants.
Mercantile was the primary occupation along with farming during the the Middle Ages.
Cathedrals were built as testimonies to god's power on Earth.
Mainly the only type of play that was done were the church passion plays telling the bible stories. People couldn't write for the most part so plays weren't written. The main entrainment was jesters, jugglers, singers when there were festivals.
The four main groups in the 1500s wereGentlemenCitizensYeomenLabourers
Both were periods of cultural growth. The High Middle Ages included the time of the crusades. The Late Middle Ages were a time in which there were some natural disasters that colored the whole period, including famines because of changes in weather and the Black Death.