I came across the YouTube channel "Sleepless Historian" a while ago and really enjoyed a look into 'real' lives of medieval peasants. Unfortunately, it turned out that this channel was fully AI, so I stopped listening to it. However, the theme is still so fascinating to me.
Could somebody recommend books (fiction or non-fiction) about regular people's(peasant's) lives in medieval times?
by iamMistyDay
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A couple of suggestions.
Toby Clements – Kingmaker series
Set during the Wars of the Roses but told from the POV of common people caught up in the conflict.
https://www.goodreads.com/series/128679-kingmaker
The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael series – Ellis Peters
The short synopsis is a Benedictine monk solves murders in 12th century Shropshire but it is really about the life of the people who live in the community, which ranges from villeins up to lords and everything in between and how they deal with that turbulent time in history. It can be quite warm and tender at times contrasting with the bleakness of life.
https://www.goodreads.com/series/42167-chronicles-of-brother-cadfael
Montaillou: Cathars and Catholics in a French Village 1294- 1324 by Emmanuel Le Roy Laurie.