• @PM_Your_Nudes_Please
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    81 year ago

    Feudal peasants actually got a decent amount of time off, because the landlords understood that they had to keep the masses happy. Medieval peasants had an average of like four months of vacation time a year. Basically, the ruling class knew that the only thing stopping the peasants from marching up to the castle with pitchforks was the peasants’ own sense of civility.

    • @Zoboomafoo
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      111 year ago

      And by “vacation”, you mean “Time spent working not to pay taxes”

    • Franzia
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      21 year ago

      My gut says medieval peasants had to use that time on chores. Where can I read about how medieval peasants had like, a good time? And that they weren’t unhappy enough to kill their Lords?