Reasons for inequality among medieval peasants
- 1 April 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Peasant Studies
- Vol. 5 (3), 271-284
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03066157808438049
Abstract
The stratification of the medieval peasantry cannot be attributed only to the markets in land and agricultural products. The division between the free and the unfree and between the holders of family subsistence holdings and inadequate smallholdings is found in periods of very low production for the market. The complex interplay between land availability, technical progress, inheritance and endowment customs, demands for rent and tax and the resistance capacity of the peasants must also be examined. The relative strength of these various factors changed considerably during the medieval period, especially between 1300 and 1500 circa, when the land:labour ratio shifted dramatically.Keywords
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