Medieval Information

During the Dark Ages not everything was sorrow and darkness - there was plenty of entertainment as it can be read in the medieval entertainment section of this website.

For nobles, feasts were a major source of entertainment because food was abundant in them. Even when a castle was being besieged, it has been proved that nobles still had feasts! Of course this was much more frequent during times of peace but nevertheless it did happen.

A feast could be celebrated because of virtually anything. Birthdays, Chritmas, Victories, etc.

Unfortunately for the poor, this was a practice done by nobles mostly and for peasants, they would be lucky if they formed part of a feast once if their lifetime.

A feast could be very expensive depending on the food provided. Sometimes when a rich noble or the king was setting up the feast, foreign food from other countries would be imported to make it different and look better.

After a feast, dancing was very common. Kings would usually invite their guests to a feast and later on to the dancing hall in which countless hours could be spent dancing. This was specially the case with kings such as The Sun King who loved to dance.

The major celebration was marriage because it was formerly a religious ceremony in which it was not only permitted to throw a huge party, but also encouraged.