Here are a handful of facts about medieval peasants (and their farms):. Ninety percent of medieval people were peasants. We should stop using the term “peasant” as a pejorative. By percentage of the population, the average middle class person is equivalent of a peasant. read more
Here are a handful of facts about medieval peasants (and their farms): Ninety percent of medieval people were peasants. We should stop using the term “peasant” as a pejorative. By percentage of the population, the average middle class person is equivalent of a peasant. Peasants were the backbone of medieval society. read more
10 Facts About Life as a Peasant in Medieval Times By Tom Cropper Medieval / Last Updated: February 25, 2015 Society, for much of Europe during the Middle Ages, was dominated by feudalism and manorialism, systems in which serfs or peasants lived on farms or in villages and worked the land under the authority of noblemen. read more