Compared to the hard life of a medieval peasant the life of a monk must have been a doddle. Right? Well, no not really.

Manor Lords made me a king but gave my peasants the crown. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. If you lived in the Middle Ages, you’d ...

Many mainstream economic historians do believe the average number of working days for peasant laborers in England hovered around, and even sometimes below, 150 days per year for certain stretches of ...