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> Peasants were always in a constant state of having more labor available than the land they worked required With the significant exception of post plague peri
by defrost 2mo ago
> Peasants were always in a constant state of having more labor available than the land they worked required
With the significant exception of post plague periods during which some big changes occurred wrt landholder / serf relations, expected pay rates, part ownership, etc.
eg: (unvetted source) Worker Power: How the black death revolutionised workers rights - https://historyguild.org/worker-power-how-the-black-death-revolutionised-workers-rights/ https://historyguild.org/worker-power-how-the-black-death-re...
- thaumasiotes 2mo agoOnce again, that isn't a case of the peasants experiencing a labor shortage; it's a case of everything else experiencing a labor shortage, giving opportunities to the peasants. The period after the Black Death was characterized by serfs abandoning their family farms for more lucrative options elsewhere. If the family farms needed them, that wouldn't have happened.
- defrost 2mo ago> Once again, that isn't a case of the peasants experiencing a labor shortage It's your assertion that * no peasants died during the Black Death, * peasants owned "family farms" * no peasant owned family farms suffered a labour shortage despite being "abandoned for more lucrative options elsewhere" ? Okay. Sure.
- thaumasiotes 2mo ago[dead]