G7: Feudalism: Peasant

For peasants, life was hard. They worked long hours every day just to ensure that their family had a roof over their head and food to eat.

At the bottom of the feudal system were the common people, who neither had the extensive right to own properties nor a voice in feudal society.

The lifestyle of a medieval peasant in Medieval England was extremely hard and harsh. Many worked as farmers in fields owned by the lords and their lives were controlled by the farming year.

It is estimated that around 50% of infants during the medieval period would succumb to illness within the first year of their lives

Scientists from the University of Bristol have uncovered, for the first time, definitive evidence that determines what types of food medieval peasants ate and how they managed their animals.