During the Medieval times every aspect of life depended on you social class. The rich ate extravagant food, wore expensive clothes, and drank lots of fancy wine. Peasants on the other hand lived a more simple life. They ate plain foods and did not always have meat. They normally only had one tunic and their clothes were not very extravagant because most dyes are more expensive. Peasants usually drank ale or mead, which is kind of like a beer or moonshine. All social classes danced, they just had different styles of dance.
In the early medieval era, dancing was frowned upon, but soon became very popular an was even incorporated into some forms of worship. Rich people paid attention to the footwork and spins in the dances. Poor people just had fun and competed to see who could dance the fastest. The roughness of their dance was looked down upon. Dancing was used at all kinda of celebrations and parties and every occasion had a different style of dance. Their are two major types of dances which are courtly dances and country dances. All classes danced, even though some people danced differently and it was a very important part of life in the medieval times.
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