Also, are we talking about jobs, or work? Subsistence farmers worked, but didn't have 'jobs'. A blacksmith worked, but might have had a 'job', or, depending on

Also, are we talking about jobs, or work? Subsistence farmers worked, but didn't have 'jobs'. A blacksmith worked, but might have had a 'job', or, depending on how many people were working under him might have been more of business operator. Being in any army sucks, so soldiering wasn't exactly a great 'job', either - although it often provided opportunities to rob and enslave other people.