Re:Why did we wait so long for the bicycle? (2019)
by throw0101b on Thursday March 21, 2024 @07:08AM
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> What about on the countryside? Villagers traveled to church and other villages regularly.
"Regularly" may have been once a week (e.g., Lord's Day / Sunday). Otherwise people lived either in villages themselves, or in hamlets (collective security at night) and 'commuted' to their fields. Or on-site of the land owner if they were workers (earlier: serfs).
Living on a farmstead wasn't really a thing until relatively recently in history.
"Regularly" may have been once a week (e.g., Lord's Day / Sunday). Otherwise people lived either in villages themselves, or in hamlets (collective security at night) and 'commuted' to their fields. Or on-site of the land owner if they were workers (earlier: serfs).
Living on a farmstead wasn't really a thing until relatively recently in history.