Medieval Times: Peasant Life In The Middle Ages
Taya Moore
Mrs. Marinez
English IV, 4th hour
4/24/16
Peasant Life In Medieval Times
In the Middle Ages peasants life was hard and cruel. Serfs didn’t have many opportunities in life because of the impact religion had on society at this time. The Catholic Church had extreme power over peasants life, influenced their culture, and kept them at the bottom of society. Serfs went through multiple events that kept them low in society.
At this time there was a type of government called feudalism taking place. Feudalism has three different organizations; the social, political, and economical organizations. The social organization separated each class from kings down to serfs. The kings were the high and mighty ones while the knights, cardinals, …show more content…
A Lot of things that they would produce was bought and sold to other manors that surrounded them. Since they were the bottom on society they couldn’t afford books in able for them to learn like the upper classes were able to so they were less educated.
At this time serfs weren’t taken seriously, the church had major power over the community. Churches became large landowners in Europe and required everyone to pay a 10% tithe of their income to the church. Serfs already didn’t get paid much so after they paid the tithes they barely had any money left for themselves. Since there was a large amount of people working as peasants this is how the churches gained most of their money. In some situations, if needed some tithes were even paid in the goods that they would produce on the manor (C.N. Trueman). Plenty of serfs would barter trade the goods they would have to make a living. They would trade between parties without using money. It enabled those who were lacking currency to obtain good and services using money. After a while some peasants was tired of being treated like they were being treated so, they would pay the church a simony to become a person more worthy than what …show more content…
The Catholic Church. Boston, M.A.: The Daughters of St.Paul, 1974.Print. Macdonald,Fiona.Everyday Life in the Middle Ages. Morristown, N.J.:Silver Burdett Company, 1985. Print. Newman, Simon. “Church in the Middle Ages.” Church in the Middle Ages.2008. Web. 05 Mar.2016. Shepard, John W., Jr. “The European Background of American Freedom.” Journal of Church and State Autumn. 2008:647+. General Onefile. Web. 5 Mar. 2016. Trueman, C.N. “The Medieval Church.” History Learning Site. 5 Mar. 2015. Web 03 Mar. 2016. Vignoli, Daniele, and Silvana Salvini. “Religion and Union Formation in Italy: Catholic precepts, social pressure, and tradition.” Demographic Research 31(2014): 1079+ Academic Onefile. Web. 2 Mar,
Mrs. Marinez
English IV, 4th hour
4/24/16
Peasant Life In Medieval Times
In the Middle Ages peasants life was hard and cruel. Serfs didn’t have many opportunities in life because of the impact religion had on society at this time. The Catholic Church had extreme power over peasants life, influenced their culture, and kept them at the bottom of society. Serfs went through multiple events that kept them low in society.
At this time there was a type of government called feudalism taking place. Feudalism has three different organizations; the social, political, and economical organizations. The social organization separated each class from kings down to serfs. The kings were the high and mighty ones while the knights, cardinals, …show more content…
A Lot of things that they would produce was bought and sold to other manors that surrounded them. Since they were the bottom on society they couldn’t afford books in able for them to learn like the upper classes were able to so they were less educated.
At this time serfs weren’t taken seriously, the church had major power over the community. Churches became large landowners in Europe and required everyone to pay a 10% tithe of their income to the church. Serfs already didn’t get paid much so after they paid the tithes they barely had any money left for themselves. Since there was a large amount of people working as peasants this is how the churches gained most of their money. In some situations, if needed some tithes were even paid in the goods that they would produce on the manor (C.N. Trueman). Plenty of serfs would barter trade the goods they would have to make a living. They would trade between parties without using money. It enabled those who were lacking currency to obtain good and services using money. After a while some peasants was tired of being treated like they were being treated so, they would pay the church a simony to become a person more worthy than what …show more content…
The Catholic Church. Boston, M.A.: The Daughters of St.Paul, 1974.Print. Macdonald,Fiona.Everyday Life in the Middle Ages. Morristown, N.J.:Silver Burdett Company, 1985. Print. Newman, Simon. “Church in the Middle Ages.” Church in the Middle Ages.2008. Web. 05 Mar.2016. Shepard, John W., Jr. “The European Background of American Freedom.” Journal of Church and State Autumn. 2008:647+. General Onefile. Web. 5 Mar. 2016. Trueman, C.N. “The Medieval Church.” History Learning Site. 5 Mar. 2015. Web 03 Mar. 2016. Vignoli, Daniele, and Silvana Salvini. “Religion and Union Formation in Italy: Catholic precepts, social pressure, and tradition.” Demographic Research 31(2014): 1079+ Academic Onefile. Web. 2 Mar,