“Peasant families were close-knit. However, as the Black Death swept through village after village, it became difficult for young peasants to find spouses. The fragmentation of families by illness, coupled with new economic mobility, led many young men to move… — Patricia D. Netzley Copy Share Image
“...The [Renaissance] interest in education was also influenced by a changing economy. For different reasons in different countries, agriculture was becoming less lucrative, and… — Patricia D. Netzley Copy Share
“...Most peasants never traveled farther than twenty-five miles from the village of their birth. They had strong social ties to their communities, and could… — Patricia D. Netzley Copy Share
“Peasant families ate pork, beef, or game only a few times a year; fowls and eggs were eaten far more often. Milk, butter, and… — Patricia D. Netzley Copy Share
“Peasant families were close-knit. However, as the Black Death swept through village after village, it became difficult for young peasants to find spouses. The… — Patricia D. Netzley Copy Share
“Tool lists from the fourteenth century indicate that pitchforks, spades, axes, plows, and harrows, which have teeth to break up soil, were widely used.… — Patricia D. Netzley Copy Share
