Peasant+Life

= Peasant Life =

//**What was the significance of this topic during the Middle Ages?**//

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My picture describes the life and the house of the poor peasants. Works Cited
 * File Russia Suzal mwapl house of poor peasant.” Wikimedia Commons. wikimedia foundation, 11 Dec. 2005. Web. 5 May 2010. .

//**How did this topic influence life and events of the time period?**//

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// **Connect this topic to something we studied earlier or to the world today.** //

//Peasants spent hours working on farms and fields. Peasants lived a very hardworking life. Peasants spent long hours working the fields on the manor. Even though you would never think that peasants would, or can be fired, they actually can. When peasants got a break they would usually go out to celebrate. Peasants were very hard working even though they sometimes had a break. Many farmers are like peasants because they really don’t have a choice, even if they don’t like the job they have to do it or else they wont have a place to live. So even though some people have to struggle to keep a place to live, they aren’t called peasants. So that is how peasants, and people now are the same. KS//

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 * “Social Classes.” The Middle Ages. Ed. William Jordan. 4 vols. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1996. 83-86. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 5 May 2010.

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Peasants were very poor and they lived in houses not well put together. Their life was not the greatest. Each village the peasants lived in had about ten to sixty families. The houses were dark and only lit and warmed by a small fire. The only thing to sleep on were dried out leaves or straw. The Huts stunk like pigs, chicken, and other animals they might keep around. Each hut had a small vegetable patch that they would grow. Peasants also had to work. They cut timber, hauled water, repaired their lords buildings, payed taxes, and much more. All the work they did was to support their lord. As you can see, peasants lived in small houses, had to serve their lord, and did lots or work. They lived a rough life. LMR // Works Cited //

**What was the impact of this topic on today's society?**

Peasant life had an impact on today's society. There were 3 different groups the peasants could be in. They were, independent plowmen, laborers and, serfs. Today we have different classes that we go by which is just like what they had. Also some of the peasants who were farmers used tractors. But theirs were pulled by 2 oxen with heavy wheeled plows. Now a days, we have tractors that we use for plowing and farming. Lastly, depending on what peasant group you were in you could either buy or rent land or you would work on a farm. Now, depending on the money you have you are capable of buying land, like a business or house, or renting a house. That is the impact peasant life had on our society. DD Works Cited
 * “Peasants.” Medieval World. Ed. Sally MacEachern. Vol. 8. Danbury: Grolier Educational, 2001. 18-19. Print.
 * “Social Classes.” The Middle Ages. Ed. William Jordan. 4 vols. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1996. 83-86. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 3 May 2010.

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