My interest in history is the mundane detail of everyday life

[RZM]

2. 'The problem with doing the history of the voiceless is that they don't say anything'

Not sure who came up with that quote, but I've heard it numerous times. That's probably the single biggest problem when talking about this kind of thing. History is always dependent on the sources available. Since for most of history literacy was largely confined to the upper strata of society, there's a paucity of information on how regular people lived. There's actually a lot of interest in this, but there's only so much we can know, given the sources that are out there.