Daily Medieval

The Peasant's Revolt of 1381 was the result of several factors , first enumerated and named in A Short History of the English People (J...

A medieval peasant—for this term, we mean an agricultural laborer—could be free or un free. Although serf  would seem to be a useful term (d...

[ source ] Yesterday we mentioned Dr. Sharon DeWitte of the University of South Carolina, who examines skeletons from the Middle Ages ...

"Free"dom isn't "free" Before discussing the first "Occupy" movement--the Peasants' Revolt of 1381--...

Controlling the Workforce After the Black Death (1348-49 in England), the workforce was radically reduced. In a culture where 90%+ of the ...