Medieval towns

Medieval towns

Medival towns in Finland


Medival towns in Finland were Ulvila, Rauma, Naantali, Turku, Porvoo and Viipuri. People started to move to those citys because they were safer to live, and thats how the citys started to grow and develope as well as because the markets and fealds wre better there. The biggest of them was Turku and it had a population of 2000. 


 Most of town people were shopkeeper, traders and craftsmen. Besides thers buisness they had land to keep growing, so that they could keep themselves healthy and energetic. They had a lot of work to do and they had no option of leaving it un done. 


Some off the towns grew around monasteries and castles because the security was better and it was safer for the townspeople.Only the merchants had servants and the power to give orders to others. Once a year they had a day where everyone was equal so they had a bid fair, that all towns markets come together and help the ones that are not in as good position as them. 

 MEDIAEVAL TOWN LIFE ( Aarushi, Fajr, Insherah)

 

  • People could build where ever they wanted.
  • People should throw the trash in the bin instead of the ground.
  • Dogs and pigs helped them to get rid of the rubbish and the junk.
  • People were not hygienic that time.
  • When it rained people had to walk on mud.
  • Fire was the biggest threat.
  • The streets were unpaved.
  • Turku was burnt down more than 20 times.
  • Black Death came to Finland in 1350.
  • There were really less doctors that time.
  • The worst disease was The Black Death. 
  • Sailors and travellers brought diseases to the town because they came from other countries.
  • The doctors were not very educated.
  • The people got help from the friaries, because they had the best medical
  • care.
  • There was to be found, but mostly they even could not be able to help.
  • Smallpox and typhoid were common.
  • The towns and villages were deserted places.
  • Barbers are the people who cuts the hair also were sort of surgeons.
  • Bloodletting was a common treatment for all diseases.
  •  Towns and Villages were places in the times of the diseases.
  • Very few people could live as long as 50 years old.