Great Britain History : Life on the Manor

by Monique Barb - Life in the castle was chiefly for the rich and their retainers. The vast majority of people lived in mud huts or timber huts clustered together for safety and surrounded by the large open fields which they farmed. The manor was very much the same as it had been in Saxon times and the scenes you see on the opposite page, taken from the Bayeux Tapestry, did not alter very much...