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The most numerous, and living the hardest live of all the Medieval peasants, were the villeins. The land they were living on belonged to the feudal lord, they had to pay taxes both to their master and to the Church, and they could not move freely from one domain to another.
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Peasants in medieval times were primarily farmers who worked the land owned by the nobility or the church. They had to pay taxes and provide labor services in exchange for protection and the right to cultivate the land. Peasants also formed the majority of the population and played a crucial role in supporting the feudal system.
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∙ 14y agoAbout nine tenths of the people were peasants, farmers or village laborers. Only a few of these were freemen--peasants who were not bound to a lord and who paid only a fixed rent for their land. The vast majority were serfs and villeins. Theoretically, the villeins had wider legal rights than the serfs and fewer duties to the lords. There was little real difference, however.
A peasant village housed perhaps ten to 60 families. Each family lived in a dark, dank hut made of wood or wicker daubed with mud and thatched with straw or rushes. Layers of straw or reeds covered the floor, fouled by the pigs, chickens, and other animals housed with the family. The one bed was a pile of dried leaves or straw. All slept in their rough garb, with skins of animals for cover. A cooking fire of peat or wood burned drearily day and night in a clearing on the dirt floor. The smoke seeped out through a hole in the roof or the open half of a two-piece door. The only furniture was a plank table on trestles, a few stools, perhaps a chest, and probably a loom for the women to make their own cloth. Every hut had a vegetable patch.
All the peasants worked to support their lord. They gave about half their time to work in his fields, cut timber, haul water, spin and weave, repair his buildings, and wait upon his household. In war, the men had to fight at his side. Besides labor, peasants had to pay taxes to their lord in money or produce. They had to give a tithe to the church--every tenth egg, sheaf of wheat, lamb, chicken, and all other animals
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What did peasants drink in medieval times?
In Medieval Times, pesants drank beer and ale.
What are the titles in Medieval Times?
knights and peasants
What did the nobility eat in Medieval Times?
Peasants, the birds.
What jobs did the peasants do in medieval times?
They were usually farm workers.
How did peasants meet their basic needs in the medieval times?
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What role did the church have in a medieval peasants life?
because the queen shagged my brothers dog
What was the name of lands given to peasants to farm in medieval times?
Fief
In what ways was life hard for medieval peasants?
In Medieval Times, peasants suffered hardships from:Unreliable harvestsNo set tax rateCould be called up to fightFreezing in winter
Did the nobles have more protein than the peasants during medieval times?
yes
What was the role of queens in the medieval times?
medieval times queens position at middle ages.
What were the laws for peasants in Medieval Times?
Pretty much whatever the lord of the manor said they were.
