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Most medieval peasants were poor. In fact, most were serfs, who could not own land and were not allowed to move away from the manors on which they lived.
A few peasants were independent farmers who held their own land, and some of these were referred to by contemporary writers as wealthy. They were, of course only wealthy relative to other peasants, and had very little wealth compared to the lords.
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What were the regular or poor people in middle ages?
Peasants and serfs
Most people in Europe during the middle ages were?
serfs
Did the people in the middle ages have to ask the lord for permission to leave the country or to marry?
Yes but only if these people were peasants in the middle ages, they had to ask the lord who, if they could marry or can the leave the country. Peasants had no rights!! They were also very poor.
What were there more of middle class houses or poor houses?
Poor people far outnumbered middle class in the Middle Ages. The serfs and other peasants were the great majority of the population, and the Middle Class was very small. So there were more cottages for poor people than middle class houses.
Do poor peasants wear only 1 tunic for the whole day including sleeping in the middle ages?
Pretty much. They didn't have much money and there were no stores for them to run out and buy several.
Were knights rich or poor?
in the middle ages there were rich and poor knights
What were the poor workers called during the middle ages?
Serfs ( slaves) or villein and peasants. A peasant was a bit better off than the serf. He wasn't owned, but was just as poor. There were some who were on the edges like the bone pickers, and the rat catchers.
Why didn't poor people live in castles in the middle ages?
because they poor
Did the church look after the poor in the middle ages?
ii did in ways
What was the role of the church at looking after the poor in the middle ages?
They helped them
What was stolen in the middle ages?
The things that were stolen in the middle ages were mainly food that was stolen by the poor and there were organised gangs that would steel from the rich.
Where did poor people live in the middle ages?
they lived in a straw hut
