Peasants were only required to earn money through taxes or rent in Medieval England. His land was leased to him by his lord, and a tithe was paid to the church. All the farm products he produced that ...

It's a real vibe-killer in my ongoing desire to fulfil my cosy medieval peasant fantasy, and it's only one of many things ...

While it is often stated that the life of a medieval peasant was "nasty, brutish and short" it is less often observed that medieval peasants contributed to a highly developed market economy.

Most people in medieval society lived in villages, there were few large towns. The majority of people were peasants, who worked on the land. There were a range of jobs and trades in towns and ...

Watch Ploughing Tilling Fighting: A History of Peasants Against the Rest of the World (4/4) 56 min Watch the programme Many Europeans are probably descended from medieval peasants, but we know ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Peasant Royale Meet the first standalone medieval battle royale game! Take part in battles with up to 50 players using a wide variety of weapons and ...

They set fire to palaces and property.Nobles, lawyers and foreigners were hunted down and killed.This became known as "The Peasants' Revolt" the greatest uprising in the history of Medieval ...

The articles in this book, reprinted from the journal Past and Present, are all, in different ways, concerned with the ownership of landed property in medieval England and with those who worked the ...

Dramatically portraying the Peasants' Revolt of 1381, the film reveals the conditions of virtual slavery which persisted throughout the Middle Ages, and the weaknesses of the feudal system ...

Collette. Guest-edited issue of Chaucer Review 43.4 (2009). Introduction and co-authored essay, "Changing Times: The Mechanical Clock in Late Medieval Literature." "Representations of Peasant Speech: ...