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Ah. Here in Sweden the peasant class was rich and influential, but I they, since they weren't rent paying, were more properly a farmer class.
by impossiblefork 2y ago
Ah.
Here in Sweden the peasant class was rich and influential, but I they, since they weren't rent paying, were more properly a farmer class.
- defrost 2y agoFair enough & interesting to know :-) It's always worth checking for cultural differences in word usage when such things arise on internet forums.
- Gud 2y agoThat’s because the other poster is using the word “peasant” wrong. Sweden was indeed organised differently than most countries in those days, with the king having his power base from the farmers(and not aristocrats as in most other European countries).
- Ekaros 2y agoI think most apt comparison for peasant would be Backstugusittare or torpare. At least comparing to Finnish system.
- samatman 2y agoThe word you're looking for is "yeoman", btw. Peasantry is a larger concept which also includes serfs, but the yeoman farmer was exactly what you're describing. "Rich" might be pushing it in an Anglo context, but land owning and powerful, though not in comparison to the aristocracy.