Re:Poor mental health at work 'widespread'
by danieltillett on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @07:44AM
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Are you seriously arguing that the average peasant had the luxury to not work because they were feeling burnt out?
Not that it matters too much, but a holiday in the Middle Ages didn't mean the peasants didn't work, it just meant that they didn't eat meat. Otherwise it was work sun-up to sun-down 6 days a week for barely enough food to keep your family alive - that is provided there was not a harvest failure two years in a row.
There is plenty of historical evidence that shows otherwise.
In most subsistence societies people, including farmers, worked far less than now and with less pressure, lived in a more social environment and had a lot of holidays (especially in the middle ages).