WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Peasants worked the land to yield food, fuel, wool and other resources. The countryside was divided into estates, run by a lord or an institution, such as a monastery or college. A social hierarchy divided the peasantry: at the bottom of the structure were the serfs, who were legally tied to the land they worked.

Detailed explanation-2: -Peasants cultivated on strips of land around the village they lived in. At the beginning of each year, strips of varying quality were allocated to each villager. Beyond these strips of cultivation, lay the common land. All villagers had an access to the commons.

Detailed explanation-3: -The peasantry Peasants inhabited the bottom tier of the Third Estate’s social hierarchy. Comprising between 82 and 88 per cent of the population, peasant-farmers were the nation’s poorest social class. While levels of wealth and income varied, it is reasonable to suggest that most French peasants were poor.

Detailed explanation-4: -Peasant farming is an agricultural mode of production, defined by ten interconnected rules, such as seeking self-sufficiency in all of the farm’s operations, respecting the surrounding environment (including local communities), and sparing scarce resources such as gas and water.