Nothing. They lived poorly, paid high taxes, were usually cold, and didn't have enough money for good food or clothing.
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In medieval Europe a peasant would sleep on a simple mattress filled with straw.
Medieval period - absolutley disgusting. people hardly ever had a bath but i guess their clothes was pretty cool 9 the upper clases not the peasants!)
They did farming if they lived in a village By definition Peasants work the land. They are agricultural labourers.Answer :In addition to agricultural work peasants were used for any unskilled manual labour. This would include the digging of ditches, building of roads, cutting wood and, in time of war, acting as shock troops.
Trade stimulated the growth of towns and cities, and produced many jobs in manufacturing, commerce, banking, and transportation. All of these made it possible for peasants to try to be more prosperous off the farms. This meant that there was a more or less steady movement of serfs away from the manors. When disasters such as the Black Death made things difficult for people, the demand for peasants reversed the trend among them to move to cities for a while, but it also undermined the feudal system further, and did not last very long.
peasants were paid three chickens a year