Okay! I need three major things of information for my newest project! If anybody can help, I will love you forever. Or something like that.
1. Sheep
Do any of you have any personal experiences with sheep? Have you experience in herding them? Do you know about it, for some bizarre reason? I'm particularly interested in how you take care of them, what feed and grass they usually eat, and generally just information to raise sheep.
2. Weaving
Okay, so we have a lot of sheep in this story, no? This brings way to the next thing. I need my characters to be able to use this wool. They have to be self-sufficient, spinning the wool into a product they can actually use, making thread, and then weaving this material into clothes and blankets and fabric. Unfortunately for me, this is set in medieval times, so I have to know the old way to do this.
I am interested in any experiences you've had with any of this, or just general experiences.
3. Serfdom
This is a little more complicated. Since this is set in medieval times, there is feudalism going on. If anybody has any information relating to how lords acted and how serfs were treated, I would love you to death. Any information would be lovely here.
Also, I have a question. The term "feudalism" didn't come about until the French used it, to make fun of medieval societal structure. What should I call it? Patronages? Lordships? Vassalships? Something else? Any brainstorms on that would be quite helpful.
Thanks a lot in advanced!
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