What would I have been in the middle ages?

Question

Here's what I'm into:

Punk rock (not what you think.. the real, underground punk you probably don't know about)

I don't fit in with anyone really.. including people in the punk scene

I'm funny

I am not entirely an Anarchist but I relate to Anarchist theory and live a lifestyle similar to Anarchist lifestyle (except I don't squat or find my own food)

I don't steal from people, but I have stolen things from dumpsters and stores

I am not racist, homophobic or violent in any way, however if I have to fight for self defense or to defend friends and family I will.

I love archery, and I have very good aim (always have since I was in summer camp back when I was in 5th grade)

I like to read, but I'm not an intense reader

I like to write

I can play different musical instruments and can do almost any job, I learn quickly... but I'm not an expert at anything

I like to travel and move a lot.. but I do it with either no money or on a VERY tight budget (no hotels, no resorts... never left N. America

Answer 1

a begger

or some kind of traveling priest/bard

Answer 2

Based on your list, you'd be dead.

Answer 3

Well a traveling bard or a total outcast.

Answer 4

Outlaw,sell-sword or professional beggar/thief.

Answer 5

The Middle ages span a long period of time generally said to be from the fall of the Roman Empire - 5th century until Henry viii's break with Rome in the 16th century. So chances are (assuming your family background is of European origin) you wouldn't be living in North America, you certainly wouldn't have punk rock or any other modern genre of music - i am afraid it would be either lute or harpsichord for you.  Humor would have been shakespear, You probably wouldn't be able to read or write (unless you were landed gentry) and you probably wouldn't even leave the town/village you were born in.  Chances are you would learn the trade of your father -assuming you are male (which is where some names originate) If a women you would have been married off.  Religion & Food are closley linked - so god would play an important part. for the rich food  would have been ample for the poor it would be pickled or salted and again it would have been what was available locally and seasonally so foraging would be the norm. Water wasn't safe to drink so ale was drunk by all including children! Hope that helps. good question.

Answer 6

If you were an agnostic and rebellious then you would have been branded a heretic and either stoned to death or tortured until you confessed to being a child of Satan, then tied to four horses that would tear you apart, the remains cut to pieces and burned, then had your head impaled on a spike as a warning to others.

Answer 7

you would be a poor m**o like everyone else and you wouldn't have time to listen to "punk rock that no one knows about" cause you would be scrapping for food, like everyone else.

You are very naive.

Answer 8

Lets face it, hon, you, like most people would be surf to some wealthy landholder. Sucks, but that's life.

Answer 9

You would probably be a dead man.

Answer 10

Sadly Misanthrope - it would not have mattered what your personal likes & dislikes  were.  Nor, would it have made a difference that you are an independantly minded dude.    

Your station in society would have been largely pre-determined by the position held by your parents.  So - if your Pop's a stockbroker -- maybe you would have been in the emerging merchant class.    Mom's a doctor - maybe you would become the barber-surgeon.   or you could have been the local herbalist and been hunted down as a witch/warlock.   Dad's a modern mechanic? - You're a stableman.