• webghost0101@sopuli.xyz
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    6 months ago

    Both sides are true.

    Work itself was much harder and life itself could be called a struggle compared to today’s standards.

    But the attitude towards works was very different and much more broken up. Leisure in medieval times is well documented.

    “During times of high wages and good harvests, peasants could expect to work no more than 150 days a year.”

    https://www.thecollector.com/peasant-life-medieval-england/

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      6 months ago

      “During times of high wages and good harvests, peasants could expect to work no more than 150 days a year.”

      Ahhh this article again. It misses a hugely important bit of info: this work is ONLY for their lord. To translate it to a modern context:

      During a brief period after the Plague, a peasant “only” had to work 150 days to “pay the rent”. If they wanted to do stuff like stay warm, wear clothes and eat, that came on top of those 150 days.