Medieval Trades & Skills

Trades and skills, unsurprisingly, are not the most fascinating things of the Middle Ages. This is what I thought when I chose this topic. As I started researching this topic though, I found out that it was one of the more fascinating things of the Middle Ages. For instance, there were some wacky trades like the ale conner. The ale conner was a man who would test beer or ale when it was produced, but …

…might seem odd at first, but they and other things like maggots are used today to clean some wounds after various types of surgery. Even the guild system was an earlier version of the unions that we have today. If people hadn't had these skills and trades with peasants and craftspeople that worked as hard as they did, life today would be similar to life in the Middle Ages. I hope you enjoyed my presentation!