Size of family-owned medieval farm? - Worldbuilding Stack …
WEBAs per above medieval farm land produced about 5 (4-6)bushels of grain per acre (~10 produced 5 used for seed using the above sources) According to this question the weight of said animals is A]round the year 1000, an adult pig weighed around 70-80 kg, a sheep 20 to 30 kg, and a cow or ox 200 to 250 kg . . .
In a medieval setting, where would large amounts of food be stored?
WEBJul 1, 2017 · 14. Generally, food storage is located in rooms in a castle or other fortified building because otherwise bandits and neighboring feudal lords would steal it and everyone in the victimized fiefdom would die. Grain …
food - Medieval Crop Yields - Worldbuilding Stack Exchange
WEBIf your players are just trying to figure out their profit that's a bit easier than crop yields. Throughout D&D systems, land was valued at the profit it could produce in a 5 year period. Typically farmland is valued at 50 gp/acre, meadow land is similar. So 2500 acres x 50 gp / 5 years is 25,000 gp/year or 68.5 gp/day.
medieval - Can a large village or small town be self-sufficient over …
WEBOct 10, 2020 · Conversely, at least with the medieval tech level those calculators are based on, even a large enough population to support a single smith is too small to have an actual town of a few hundred souls; instead, there will be roughly a dozen and a half villages barely an hour's walk apart -- which means if Farmer Blue wants new shoes for his ox, …
How much agricultural land per person in medieval society?
WEBAug 10, 2019 · In medieval society corresponding to approximately year 1200 in Holy Roman Empire, how much agricultural land would there be on average per person? What would be typical composition of the land? (Divided into crop fields, orchards, pastures for farm animals, fallow land, forests, etc.)
How large should my fortified medieval village be?
WEBJan 4, 2019 · 5. The area the village covers would be around 10 000 m2 m 2. The Math behind it: Assuming 5 people live an an area of 200 square meters 100 to 150 for personal cattle (like chickens) 50 to 100 for the housing. We get 4000 m2 m 2 for the inhabitants lets add 300 m2 m 2 for the richer inhabitants.
society - What professions would a medieval village with a …
WEBAug 20, 2019 · Assuming a farm feeds a family, that means 20 farms with an advanced plow can manage to support 1-2 other families. One of those will be your blacksmiths family. Then you need to feed the oxen which is more than a single farm can manage, so you lose a decent chunk of the remainder feeding the oxen. so I am estimating 1 specialist family …
warfare - What percentage of a population can be part of a …
WEBJul 18, 2015 · Medieval era had subsistence farming. It was once an odd concept to not own your own farm. How would you make sure you have enough to eat? If the lord could centralize farming, have specialist farmers (again a ludicrous concept where someone does nothing but farming), you can get very high food productivity. Training.
Travel time in Medieval times - Worldbuilding Stack Exchange
WEBJan 10, 2017 · Travel on horseback, no spare horse: 30-40 km, 19-25 miles. (150-200 km, 95-125 miles per week) Travel on horseback, with a spare horse: 40-60 km, 25-37 miles. (200-300 km, 125-185 miles per week) A well-seasoned traveler could keep this speed for 5 days per week, taking two days off to rest themselves and their horses.
In a medieval setting, how far apart should towns be?
WEBApr 9, 2017 · The big towns here are 15-25 miles apart, while 30-60 miles is more common in the rest of the country. Around towns and along the roads connecting them there is a dense net of villages 1-2 miles apart from each other, while 2-5 miles is more common elsewhere. And in woodland areas the distances are even larger.