Write a note on the condition of peasants and workers in modern europe. or
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or in small rural villages. By this time, most European peasants were free, rather than tied to the land on which they lived. But they still owed their local nobility taxes and labor. Some peasants rose to the rank of landowners, but most rented their homes and worked on land owned by others.
Peasant life was governed by agriculture and based on the cycle of the seasons. In Northern Europe, peasants grew winter wheat, rye, barley, peas, and beans. Closer to the Mediterranean Sea, farmers concentrated on grains, olives, and grapes. In mountainous areas, peasants raised animals and grew whatever crops they could. Most of them lived simple lives with few material possessions. Their homes usually consisted of one or two rooms, which they shared with their animals during bad weather. They might own a bed, a table, a storage chest, and some cooking utensils, but that was about it. They ate simple fare, mostly bread, beans, peas, and vegetables, but only rarely any meat or dairy products.
Every so often, peasants got fed up with their situation and revolted in protest of harsh and greedy nobles, economic downturns, bad harvests, and land enclosures that diminished their potential for agricultural productivity and and increased their chances of starvation. Revolts broke out in Hungary in 1514, Germany in 1525, and England in 1549. In all three cases, the peasants were squashed like bugs.
Peasant life was governed by agriculture and based on the cycle of the seasons. In Northern Europe, peasants grew winter wheat, rye, barley, peas, and beans. Closer to the Mediterranean Sea, farmers concentrated on grains, olives, and grapes. In mountainous areas, peasants raised animals and grew whatever crops they could. Most of them lived simple lives with few material possessions. Their homes usually consisted of one or two rooms, which they shared with their animals during bad weather. They might own a bed, a table, a storage chest, and some cooking utensils, but that was about it. They ate simple fare, mostly bread, beans, peas, and vegetables, but only rarely any meat or dairy products.
Every so often, peasants got fed up with their situation and revolted in protest of harsh and greedy nobles, economic downturns, bad harvests, and land enclosures that diminished their potential for agricultural productivity and and increased their chances of starvation. Revolts broke out in Hungary in 1514, Germany in 1525, and England in 1549. In all three cases, the peasants were squashed like bugs.
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