Gollum@feddit.de to A Comm for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoYou have less holidays than a Medieval peasanti.imgur.comimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: historymemes@lemmy.ml
arrow-up114arrow-down1imageYou have less holidays than a Medieval peasanti.imgur.comGollum@feddit.de to A Comm for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square22fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: historymemes@lemmy.ml
minus-squarecrawley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThis is pretty much debunked, I think the original source for this claim was that they only worked 150 days per year in the service of their lord, but they worked the rest of the time to feed themselves.
minus-squareGrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoAny links to the debunking?
minus-squareSocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agohttps://www.adamsmith.org/blog/regulation-industry/medieval-peasants-really-did-not-work-only-150-days-a-year
This is pretty much debunked, I think the original source for this claim was that they only worked 150 days per year in the service of their lord, but they worked the rest of the time to feed themselves.
Any links to the debunking?
https://www.adamsmith.org/blog/regulation-industry/medieval-peasants-really-did-not-work-only-150-days-a-year