c/HistoryDrawings · by PugJesus@lemmy.world · 2ySimplified depiction of a small Medieval fief 49 points · 11 comments · view on lemmy.world
11 Comments
Rooty@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
The tannery is a bit too close to the rest of the settlement. The tanning process in those times was...fragrant.
Treczoks@kbin.social · 4 pts · 2y
That was my first though: "Who the hell puts a tannery in the middle of the village?"
PugJesus@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y
Ah, the smell of stale piss
JoelJ@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
But where do people poop
ladicius@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
See the river? The river where all the water for the town and the castle comes from? Yep, that's your toilet.
PugJesus@kbin.social · 2 pts · 2y
Always dump downriver from where you drink!
ladicius@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Tell the people who live upstream 🤢
Treczoks@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y
And better have the cattle pasture downriver, too!
PugJesus@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y
Chamberpot
Empty into river or cesspool as you see fit
bl4ckblooc@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
What’s a demesne?
ontothenext@kbin.social · 4 pts · 2y
Just the old french spelling for domain. So it refers to the personal property of the local ruler.