En a Edat Meya, as principals institucions d'Asturias naixión, asinas as pueblas, as villas e os concellos. A sociedat se dividiba en tres estamientos: nobles, clero e pueblo plan. Os asturians viveban d'o Secale, o Triticum dicoccum, as castanyas, as uellas, as crapas, os tocins et cetera.