Peasants Flashcards
Had to pay ______when they inherited their father’s land to farm on or when they wanted to grind grain to make bread
Fee
To marry they had to ask
Permission
They paid in things like
Grain, eggs, or chickens
In return for their labor and other payments
Peasants were given the right to farm some land for themselves to feed their family
Also received_____ in time of war
Protection
Granted…
Food, protection, a house,and farmland
Men women and children worked from
Sunup to sundown
In winter people might
Starve from lack of food
You peasants lived pass
40
Diet was…
Black beans, root vegetables – rarely ate meat
At night the family slept with
The livestock inside their cottage
Rarely had days off except for
A week at Christmas and we got Easter