Being a child in the Middle Ages wasn’t easy – far from it ... Whether born into a peasant family or nobility, survival often depended on luck, labor, and learning fast.

Which tale of corporate cyber-intrigue contained a visionary leading a child army in marches across ... sophisticated cyborgs so much as crude medieval peasants entranced by an ever-present ...

The upshot: Medieval peasants worked less, had more free time, and were guaranteed more holidays with their family than you. The tweet, from the writer Azie Dungey, was hugely popular—it racked ...

Life for the medieval peasant was certainly no picnic. His life was shadowed by fear of famine, disease and bursts of warfare. His diet and personal hygiene left much to be desired. But despite ...

How many days a year did a medieval peasant work? According to a popular meme that has circulated for years, the answer is simple: "Medieval peasants worked only about 150 days a year." ...