And don't forget, that medieval farmer was pretty much self sufficient in the inputs into the process. They weren't buying fuel, or fertiliser, nor even seed. The same is true of peasant farming ...

Life for the medieval peasant was certainly no picnic ... It’s true that the New Deal brought back some of the conditions that farm workers and artisans from the Middle Ages took for granted ...

Many mainstream economic historians do believe the average number of working days for peasant laborers in England hovered around, and even sometimes below, 150 days per year for certain stretches ...

Medieval peasants worked only around 150 days per ... "Growth or Stagnation? Farming in England, 1200–1800." The Economic History Review, vol. 71, no. 1, Feb. 2018, pp. 55–81.

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Most people in medieval society lived in villages, there were few large towns. The majority of people were peasants ...

Mirroring the medieval peasant ... We might be waiting a while for the strategy game where you play as a peasant—a farming sim, probably—but until that comes, Manor Lords is the closest ...

Many mainstream economic historians do believe the average number of working days for peasant laborers in England hovered around, and even sometimes below, 150 days per year for certain stretches ...