![]() Men and women kept doves and pigeons in dovecotes in their attics. "Peasants and estate managers also kept rabbits in hutches (the peasant way) or in park-like warrens- protected or enclosed areas of wasteland on estates. Finally, villagers harvested the rich schools of fish in the coastal fisheries, especially pilchards, sardine-like fish, and herring." Vast numbers of eels were harvested annually at the mouths of rivers. Fishing in mill ponds was also productive, with nearly 10,000 watermills in England, 40,000 in France and a comparable number in Germany. Fish farms- artificial ponds stocked with carp- were ubiquitous in northern Europe, and although these provided aristocratic fare, some peasants benefited as well. were eaten when they got too old to work." Peasants kept sheep and cows, from which they got milk and made cheese. This would be true for seventeenth and eighteenth century peasants, many of whom were forced into monoculture, but it was not the case in the early fourteenth century. "It is sometimes said that peasants ate little meat or animal products. William Chester Jordan offers the following for the early 14th century: Posted: Sun 01 Feb, 2015 9:33 am Post subject: There's no problem with citing Delort's analysis so long as the OP isn't given the impression that this sort of diet is "usual". In sum, "clearly, the proximity of Paris, the wealth of the area and the influence of the king all aided peasants " (225). ![]() Hallam makes reference to the widespread disappearance of serfdom and the "semi-free status in the region", noting that "both manumission and franchises had to be paid for with substantial sums of money, but cash was widespread at the peasant level, as the numerous parcels of rented land show clearly" (225). This is a region where growth was greatly helped by the size and economic importance of the capital city, with a resulting wealth in the countryside which supplied it" (p. Hallam, commenting on Louis IX's reign, notes "The social and economic developments which took place in Louis' reign in Paris and the Ile de France provide a useful case study for one area of France. I think it's worth remembering that the experience of Parisians at this time is not necessarily representative of peasants in other areas of France, nor necessarily other parts of Europe- unless we are talking about comparatively wealthy and urban areas. Posted: Sun 01 Feb, 2015 8:58 am Post subject: This of course is all just a guess, which why I made this topic, so I can gather more info Pigs can help find mushrooms and help keep the soil fertile and sheep would probably bee in large supple because they would probably have ton of them just for the fact that sheep hearing is extremely productive way to create clothing, and stuffing for bedding and cushions. They probably ate beef the most when when of cows just died and made the most out of it they can, grinding the organs into sausages and such, smoking allot of it, etc. ![]() Killing a cow for meat for a farmer of small plot of land probably meant cutting off his supple of milk which can be turn into cheese to store for the winter, glue for home projects,and drank. I bet beef was eaten allot less often than pork or sheep. Game was reserved for those who owned the land to hunt it. Plenty of pork, beef, and mutton with fish for fast days. I'm fairly sure Robert Delort did a detailed analysis of the diet of 13th century Parisians in one of his books. Posted: Sun 01 Feb, 2015 7:52 am Post subject:
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