 Throughout the Middle Ages it was customary for people of all classes and background to travel, often widely.The households of the upper classes and royal courts moved between manors and estates; the demands of diplomacy, war and crusades took men to distant countries; priests travelled between churches, monasteries and formed emissaries to Rome; people of all classes went on pilgrimage, or travelled to find work; others travelled as a pastime.Most people undertook small journeys on foot and hired horses for longer journeys.