0
by using feather pens and a bowl with ink
====================================================
Answer: I believe you are asking how dates were calculated rather than the mechanics of how they were written down.
The answer is that various different systems were used.
- Royal charters and legal documents always refer to the year of the king's reign: "In the 5th year of King Stephen" for example. The famous Magna Carta ends not with King John's signature (as many people wrongly believe) but with the dateline: "Given by our hand in the meadow that is called Runnymede, between Windsor and Staines, on the fifteenth day of June in the seventeenth year of our reign", meaning 15 June 1215.
- The Church calendar was far more complex and used the old Roman system of Kalends, Ides and Nones together with the feast days of the saints to specify any particular date. It also used the term "octave" to refer back to a feast day a week earlier ("octave" means an eight day period but actually means the 7 days after the feast day, since the day itself is also included). So 2 days after the feast of St Michael would be 10 May, the Octave of St Ranulf would be 3 April and the Kalends of June is 1 June. Medieval years were calculated to start from either 25 December or 25 March, not from 1 January.
- Ordinary folk would have little concept of dates, apart from the major Holy Days, Sundays and feast days that were announced by the local priest. They would express dates only roughly, for example as "a few days before Martinmas".
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What are facts about snowmen?
Building snowmen dates back to the Middle Ages!
Where did the lords live in the Middle Ages?
The lord in the middle ages lived in the back of a castle !
What tools did they have back in the middle ages?
rocks and sticks
When was trick-or-treating made?
The practice of dressing up in costumes and begging door to door for treats on holidays dates back to the Middle Ages.
What were the duties of the woman in the Middle Ages?
Some duties that women had back in the middle ages where things like cooking and cleaning.Makeing weapons.
What catholic church did martin Luther go to back in the middle ages?
Martin Luther went to the cathedral and the renasiance festival back n the middle ages in Italy,Florence.
From which country does the surname Spears originate?
The family name Spears dates back to the middle ages in England. It is believed that it was given to manufacturers of the weapons with that name.
When was bread made?
it has been dted back to the middle ages
What was a mercer in the middle ages?
It was a person who sold clothing back then!
Was a Queens life in the middle ages lade back and easy?
yes
When did the middle ages begging?
they went for a walk and came back begging
What did merchants live in in the middle ages?
Merchants in the middle ages often lived in the back of their store. The store keeper may have lived above the store, while the black smith lived in a back room.
