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Looking at two separate jobs answer the following questions about traditional economy.
1. Who determines your job?
2. Who controls the resources?
3. How are things purchased?
4. Who decides the prices?

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Medieval castles were highly colorful and the services of painters were often required.

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Potters were craftsmen of in clay, porcelain and early forms of ceramics. Basically they produced pots for cooking and storage and occasionally worked as sculptors. Potters were members of medieval craft guilds

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Medieval Occupations - Politician, Potter, Rat Catcher

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The medieval gardener needed a knowledge of herbs and plants. A gardeners work was critical to the safety and protection of a castle - castle walls had to be kept clear of ivy or anything else that could be used to climb the castle walls and gardeners were expected to dig defensive ditches

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Fortune-tellers were often looked upon with disapproval from the ruling classes but their services were highly in demand. The Medieval Ages were full of superstition and very real belief in supernatural forces and powers. Most things that could not be explained by science or technology was thought to be the direct influences of these powers at work.
The common people were normally quite stressed economically and therefore they viewed the Fortune-teller as a potential advantage to overcoming future difficulties. If their future could be revealed they believed they could take steps to improve upon it.
Most Fortune-tellers were common rogues and tricksters who used a variety of simple illusions to create dramatic effects. Though they possessed no real skill at all for devining the future, they would be careful to use basic events and information to project a scenario that was generic enough to fit into anyone's situation. Once embellished with mild promises of prosperity it seemed a true magical experience had taken place. Often though the Fortune-teller's success was based on how much the person getting the reading wanted to believe.
Some Fortune-tellers did use lunar and celestial patterns to predict probable and basic outcomes in terms of weather. These natural signs could foretell famine or draught or even bad storms. If a Fortune-teller had success in predicting these events, his or her credibility was greatly enhanced.
A few kings and monarchs did enlist the services of seers and Fortune-tellers to predict the future of their kingdoms and even the outcome of battles. Though there was a given ratio of success and failure based on mathematical probability, the fortune-tellers with luck and agility managed to earn positions of respect and wealth in some courts.
However, most were treated as witches or dark practitioners. And in some cases when their foretold events did not ring true, they were hunted down and killed.

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Medieval Occupations - Fortune-Teller, Furrier, Gardener

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Fortune-tellers were often looked upon with disapproval from the ruling classes but their services were highly in demand. The Medieval Ages were full of superstition and very real belief in supernatural forces and powers. Most things that could not be explained by science or technology was thought to be the direct influences of these powers at work.

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Click on the link attached to explore other jobs in the Middle Ages!

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Medieval Jobs! Get Medieval facts and information about the history of Medieval Jobs. Fast and accurate facts about Medieval Jobs.

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A cook was employed in the castle kitchens roasting, broiling, and baking food in the fireplaces and ovens.

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Medieval Occupations - Clothier, Cook, Diplomat

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A clothiers made clothes for the nobles and required having a knowledge of various fine and expensive materials

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Medieval Occupations - Clothier, Cook, Diplomat

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The candlemaker made candles to light the castle. Candles were supplemented by lighting from torches, lanterns and rush dips. An 11th century candlemaker called Graham Overhill is credited with inventing a candle - clock. A candle was produced with twelve lines on it. When lit at the top of the hour, the candle would burn from line to line at the rate of one hour for each line. The medieval clock!

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How to be a Candlemaker in the Middle Ages

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By You-Been Lee and Rachel Fernando How to be a Candlemaker from the Middle Ages House Images: A candlemaker's house was very dark and smoky because of the fire. It was a little uncomfortable. They made a living by making candles and selling them. Candlemakers in the Middle Ages ate mostly bread and stew.

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The blacksmith was one of the most important, albeit lowly, occupations of the medieval era. Blacksmiths forged weapons, sharpened weapons, repaired armor.

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Medieval Blacksmith! Get Medieval facts, information and history about Medieval Blacksmith. Fast and accurate facts about Medieval Blacksmith.