When people think of the European Middle Ages, it often brings to mind grinding poverty, superstition and darkness.
Forget royal feasts – the daily diet of a medieval peasant was humble, repetitive, and shaped by hard labor and seasonal harvests. In this video, we explore what the average person actually ate during ...
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 of ...
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 of ...