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Re:Could a Peasant Defeat a Knight in Battle? by obmelvin on Monday November 09, 2020 @09:29PM (#25042298)
> Peasants ate very well, they had to, in order to work the fields.

If one doesn't care about the health of their workers, actually, one doesn't really need to feed them much.

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Re:Could a Peasant Defeat a Knight in Battle? by xwdv on Monday November 09, 2020 @10:49PM (#25042655)
If one doesn’t give a fuck then there’s also no reason to deny them either. Peasants are responsible for feeding themselves.
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Re:Could a Peasant Defeat a Knight in Battle? by obmelvin on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @11:47AM (#25047978)
Perhaps my impression of the state of agricultural yields [0] and fealty payments is incorrect, but I don't think most peasants had enough food to be considered well nourished by today's standards. Sure some grew their own food, but the labor was much more involved than today and they didn't get to keep all of the food.

[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture_in_the_Middle_Ages...

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