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Abulafia, David, ed. (1999). The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume V c.1198-c.1300. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p.408. ISBN 0-521-36289-X. In England, the semi-royal household of Edward of Carnarvon, later Edward II when Prince of Wales, is the earliest for which detailed knowledge can be obtained from sources. [26] Itineration [ edit ] There has been much conflicting information about whether or not people in the middle ages were as clean as we were within out homes. I think its all hogwash. With what little tools they had to use comparatively and the way they lived, I believe they kept their homes to the best of their abilities. Hanawalt, Barbara. 1988. The Ties That Bound: Peasant Families in Medieval England. Oxford University Press. pp. 95-100 In great houses, scullery maids were the lowest-ranked and often the youngest of the female domestic servants [1] and acted as assistants to a kitchen maid. [2] Description [ edit ]

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The duties and responsibilities of medieval castle staff varied depending on the size of the castle and the inhabitants. During medieval times, the castles were large and sometimes housed hundreds of inhabitants.

This idea is made clear in Robert Grosseteste’s Rules. The Rules were written for Margaret de Lacy, the countess of Lincoln, in the 1240s. It is a treatise written in French describing how Margaret should manage her estate and household. The sixteenth rule in the section on household management reads as follows:

For the butterfly with this name, see Vanessula milca. Illustration depicting a Parisian lady's maid in the 1630s. The illustration is made in the turn of the 18th-19th century, by Georges-Jacques Gatine [ fr] (1773–1848) Mistress and Maid by Johannes Vermeer. Cipolla, Carlo M. (1993). Before the Industrial Revolution: European Society and Economy, 1000-1700 (3rded.). London, New York: Routledge. p.91. ISBN 0-415-09005-9. This book offers a comprehensive examination of the daily routines and material culture of medieval households, including the experiences of servants. Medieval servants were responsible for a wide range of tasks, from cooking and cleaning to farming and manufacturing. Their labor was essential to the production and distribution of goods, and without their contributions, medieval society could not have functioned.” Jane Whittle, Professor of Economic and Social History, University of Exeter The Book of Household Management, Mrs. Isabella Beeton, originally published in 1861, this web edition published by eBooks@Adelaide, some rights reserved.

Head house-maid: the senior house maid, reporting to the housekeeper. (Also called "house parlour maid" in an establishment with only one or two upstairs maids). As for the servants in these royal households, their robes would have been part of their compensation, along with their wages. The cloth, colour, and amount of fabric used varied according to the servant’s rank and status within the household and the robes may be new or used. A chamberlain looked after the lord's own chamber and the wardrobes of the castle, including the liveries of the knights which usually carried the lord's coat of arms or badge. Some castles had a separate person, the keeper of the wardrobe, in charge of clothing, which was usually kept in wooden chests. The chamberlain might also be responsible for the Great Hall while the usher controlled who came in and out of it. The chamberlain's primary concern was the lord himself, though, and his general comfort. Once again, manuals were written for this important post with the following extract advising on the proper way to put his lordship to bed: Marie von Flotow (1817–1909), the lady's maid and influential favourite of the Russian Empress Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark). After cleaning up the floor as much as she could a housemaid would then move onto the fireplaces. She clean out the ashes and soot and replace it with new logs for the day. Once upstairs she would clean out the basins and replace them with fresh water, as well as empty the chamber pots.Well the word pigsty, originated in the 1590’s as of course the word for a pigpen. It wasn’t until the late 1800’s that it was used to describe someone’s living conditions as a dirty, messy or nasty place. Still room maid: a junior maid employed in the still room; as the work involved the supply of alcohol, cosmetics, medicines, and cooking ingredients across all departments of the house, the still room maids were part of the "between staff", jointly answerable to all three department heads. Cost: With all the bells and whistles, this outfit is around 340 €, with the most expensive part of it being the corset. If this is too much money for you to spend at once, you can omit the corset, because the dress is still held by the long belt. Alternatively, a bodice belt for lacing would be conceivable, then you would be at a total of approx. 220 €.