A judge, who was appointed by the king, travelled to each county to deal with serious crimes. Most minor crimes were dealt with by the local lord. Some areas had watchmen or constables who would patrol the area to prevent crimes. If someone was the victim of a crime, they had to raise the ‘hue and cry’, meaning other villagers had to come to help find the criminal. In some areas, every male over the age of 12 had to join a group called a tithing, and they had to make sure no one else in the group committed a crime. In the medieval period, there was no organised police force and most law enforcement was organised by local people. These unsanitary conditions contributed to the spread of diseases, such as the Black Death. Animals such as pigs and sheep roamed and butchers often threw waste meat into the street or river.
Modern toilets and plumbing were a long way in the future and waste was thrown into the streets. Towns were often unhygienic because of the larger populations and the lack of proper sanitation. Similar to villages, women were also expected to work in the home, cleaning and looking after their family. Some women were able to work as shopkeepers, cloth-sellers or run pubs, but these opportunities were very limited. Coastal towns would trade with other countries. Trade was a key part of town life, with goods such as iron, wool, salt and agricultural products being commonly bought and sold. There were many skilled craftsmen working in towns, such as carpenters, blacksmiths and tailors. The Domesday Book gives some idea about what life in towns was like. London was the largest with a population of 10,000 and Winchester the second largest with 6,000 people. There were not many towns in medieval England, and those that existed were small by modern standards. A night watchman would patrol the streets to look out for criminals or wild animals to keep townspeople safe. The city gates were shut at dusk and the bell was rung for curfew. The accused would have to pick up a stone from a pot of boiling water and people believed that if the person was innocent, God would heal the wounds within three days.
#Medieval town buildings trial
If someone was accused of a crime such as stealing, one of the ways they might have to prove their innocence was through a trial by boiling water. The town was run by powerful people such as merchants and lords, while the crafts workers and traders made their living in the bustling markets.Ĭrime was common in towns. People often shared their homes with their livestock, but none of these animals were house-trained. So people discarded their waste in the streets or local rivers. Although housing did improve during the period, there was no sewage system. Townspeople would attend their first religious mass of the day. At dawn, a bell would ring to begin the day. These towns were crowded, noisy and smelly. New towns developed around religious buildings, castles or trade routes.
They had a hard life working all day on farms owned by nobles. For some pieces like wood planks, I used a classic texturing approach with old good Photoshop as I struggled to make real wood in Substance.Narrator: Most people in medieval England were farming peasants who lived in villages in the countryside. In Zbrush, I’ve created a good selection of custom alphas and brushes (like stones, concretes, cracks) and it helped to boost realism and helped to make textures much faster. I’ve created most of the materials with Zbrush and Substance Painter. It helped to avoid artificial tiling effects and repetition on large areas like walls, castle modules, and others. In materials, I used a lot of vertex color blending. Considering functionality – village asset is fully functional, you can explore and build gameplay around them, while mountain landscape is made rather for visual impact and could be better used for background purposes. I mean there are many pieces like rocks, grass, architectural elements that I used without straight snapscale guidance and made them with the idea of flexibility so its possible to create better visual variety. But I would say environment, in general, has more organic structure. There are a lot of modular pieces especially the ones related to building parts such as roofs, house walls, stone walls etc.
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