Wake up in the Middle Ages—where your alarm is a rooster, your ceiling leaks straw, and your to-do list is written by the weather, the priest, and your landlord. In this fast, punchy episode of History on the Run, we dive into the raw reality of a medieval peasant’s day: smoky cottages, endless fieldwork, weird fees (hi, merchet and heriot), thin meals, risky childbirth, and the tiny joys that kept people going.br br If you like history told straight with a little sarcasm, hit 👍 Like and 🔔 Subscribe—and drop a comment telling us where you’re listening from (city, country, bus line, treadmill). Let’s fill the map!br br What’s insidebr br - Open-field farming: why your land came in skinny stripsbr - Serfs vs. free tenants (spoiler: everyone pays)br - Tithes, mills, ovens… and the fee paradebr - Bread, pottage, ale: what people really atebr - Women’s unseen workload keeping the village alivebr - Manorial courts & everyday finesbr - Black Death and how it shook labor and wagesbr - Myths busted: baths, “no fun ever,” and morebr br Why watchbr Short, gritty, historically accurate storytelling you can finish on a commute—no fluff, just life.