Ages 7 to 14 years. The majority of people in Western Europe in the Middle Ages were peasants. Children will enjoy discovering how a manor was run, the distribution of power on a manor, and what peasants homes and daily lives were like. Topics include: The working lives of peasants; Serfs and free peasants and what they did; Peasant homes and the home of the lord of the manor; The manor court and peasant rebellions; Women and children and tradespeople's roles on the manor.