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Medieval Europe (Peasants were the key factor in medieval Europe and were…
Medieval Europe
Peasants were the key factor in medieval Europe and were only fortunate to have 1 day off work and that was on the holy day were there fun was rough wrestling, shin kicking and cock fighting.
Within Medieval Europe, the way of life and the role of status amongst the community , heavily impacted daily life.
In medieval times religion played a huge role in the way of life of the people, particularly within the social class of the peasants.
To determine who was a peasant's you really had to know where they live, what they eat or wear. Peasants houses were extremely small and housed the entire family.
The social class of peasants were a key factor of the medieval world as they were the main importation service for food was produced from peasants as they worked on farms harvesting and fattening cow’s for food so they could trade it for money and goods.
When peasants would trade their foods they would be given money and that money was used for tax and rent.
The rent and tax money went to the lord and you also had to pay tax to the church which they called it a tithe (A tithe was 10% of what the farmers produced).
Religion dominated everything people did in their daily life, and each day began with worship.
The Catholic church had enormous power. Religious leaders told the king and nobles, as well as the common people, what god wanted.
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During the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church was the only church in Europe.
The laws of the land and leading roles in the government were all in the hands of the leading church leaders like bishops and archbishops.
They rarely had completed floors, many of them having dirt or straw floors that added to the dampness.
Most homes only consisted of a couple of rooms in which the entire family resided. This was not only their sleeping quarters, but their cooking, resting, and area in which they had family time.
But there was no garbage collectors back then so most of the garbage was dumped onto the streets which left an off smell throughout the town.
Most people used all that they could of their food and there was little waste from cooking. Food was often difficult to come by for peasants and that meant that they tried to use every bit of it that they possibly could.
They would have chamber pots or areas of the home that they could go such as a bathroom in which they would be able to rid their bodies of waste, and then it would be left up to the servants to dispose of the waste.
The servants would often dump the waste into pits just like a peasant would, but it was left up to the servants to handle so that the wealthy people of the home did not have to bother themselves with it.
Peasants were the only one’s that worked the hardest as they weren’t like the rich who didn’t have to work.
Peasants were often committing crimes due to them not being wealthy and needed to afford for rent and tax.
A ball was almost unnecessary to a medieval ball game, which was basically a fight with the next village.
When they would play a ball game it could lasts from hours upon days and there was no rules which meant there was a lot of killing of each other and unfair play.
They only had 1 day off for an entire year and if they weren’t having a day off they were up at the start of dawn and didn’t stop working till sun set.
Peasants worked on farms where they would be harvesting and fattening cow’s to sell to the village for money.
Peasants close to the end of medieval time became very rich but due to a law enforcement it didn’t allow peasants to wear anything above their grade of clothing.
In Conclusion the paragraphs clearly all link back into the question of The way of life which in conclusion impacted the medieval society.
Peasants did have a day off which was on holy sunday once a year, peasants were easy to spot and it was easy to tell if you were a peasant. Finally religion