Essays / choose a medieval villager - Historical essay [2]

Hello

I am supposed to write an essay in which I need to choose a medieval villager, put myself in his shoes and relive a period of his life.

As it is written in my assignment paper, this essay should be regarded as an "exercise in historical imagination." And although this writing is imaginative it must be also based on historical research.

Now, I am confused about several things:

- how can I write about my life (me as in the medieval villager) using an essay format? what thesis statement can you write when you relive someone's life? How can I write a conclusion? How can I bring a life story to an essay conclusion?

- because I need to place myself in someone else's shoes I would need to write the essay in 1st person and not in 3rd person. From what I know, it is more than recommended to always write an essay in 3rd person. What's the right choice in this case?

The "imaginative" word really confuses me. I wouldn't have any problems in writing a short story or a memoir type of writing, but for the essay I just can't picture out a pattern.

I hope that someone made a sense of what I was trying to say and I hope that someone will be able to help me.

Thank you.

Grammar, Usage / Footnote/endnote - citing internet source [4]

I need to use footnotes/endnotes to cite the following website:

kansasmonks.org/RuleOfStBened ...

Can someone show me the proper format for citing this?
And also, if you noticed the text on the website is divided into chapters. Should I include the chapter number( say I only want to use chapter 19) in the citation?

Thank You!