How Medieval Peasants Lived Before Air Conditioning
23K views · Jun 7, 2025 · People & Blogs
Comments · 81
@teapoweredyugi · 1 year ago
As someone struggling with an un-conditioned space that refuses to cool at night in the summer, this is an invaluable resource.
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@rmas32 · 1 year ago
As someone who starts to sweat as soon as the temperature goes above 70 degrees, I think often how awful it must have been! So happy I didn’t live back then!
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@LordKohaegan · 1 year ago
I bet most of the peasants preferred the heat rather than the frigid cold of winter.
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@da_mask · 1 year ago
I was born in 1949 and we had no Air Conditioning until about 1960 we got a window A/C and that was a window unit.😊
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@Theforgottenmiddle · 1 year ago
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lfd6ICMWVA&t=79">1:19</a> I can't even last five minutes without AC... medieval peasants were built different 😅
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@iideadlyog · 1 year ago
The hottest weather in the UK is like 83 degrees dog 💀 they weren’t struggling that bad in the “hot” weather
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@ThepupsnameisBrian · 1 year ago
I'm in the suburbs of Chicago, and A/C is my favorite invention after indoor plumbing.
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@liasanma1665 · 1 year ago
In Switzerland, they still pretty much live like that in summer. No AC anywhere X) But you can be sure the public transports actually put on the heating to make sure nobody gets cold in July.
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@Phil_br · 1 year ago
In many places, houses were already made in stone, especially around the Mediterranean Sea where the climate is arid . So the heat was not such problem. The winters were harder.
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@markdavids2511 · 1 year ago (edited)
The way to keep your Home cool in the U.K during the hot weather (all 1 week of it) is to keep windows, blinds & curtains closed, opening them just lets the heat in, but I’d much rather live in a temperate climate like the U.K. rather than a place with one season, Hot & hotter, it’s why those in the Mediterranean area have white wooden blinds they close during the heat.
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@jeffreyrutley7337 · 1 year ago
"Medieval torture discussed as Lunch" LOL This guy is a helluva story taker
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@robhunt-watts8908 · 1 year ago
I'm 74 and have never lived in a place with air conditioning.<br>I am a peasant, but not medieval
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