Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . oavoid paying the owner of the oven a part of the flour or bread for its use In central, southern, and eastern Europe the medieval system Condition of .,11 ,. 7 1 T 1 1 he serfs in still prevailed; the peasant lived and died upon the same manor, a great partand worked for his lord in the same way that his ancestors had he^e^ght-^worked a thousand years before. Everywhere the same crude eenth centuryagricultural instruments were still used, and most of the
Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . oavoid paying the owner of the oven a part of the flour or bread for its use In central, southern, and eastern Europe the medieval system Condition of .,11 ,. 7 1 T 1 1 he serfs in still prevailed; the peasant lived and died upon the same manor, a great partand worked for his lord in the same way that his ancestors had he^e^ght-^worked a thousand years before. Everywhere the same crude eenth centuryagricultural instruments were still used, and most of the im-plements and tools were roughly made in the village itself. Thewooden plows commonly found even on English farms were 444 Medieval and Modem Times Wretchedhouses of thepeasants constructed on the model of the old Roman plow; wheat wascut with a sickle, grass with an unwieldy scythe, and the ricketycart wheels were supplied with only wooden rims. The houses occupied by the country people differed greatlyfrom Sicily to Pomerania, and from Ireland to Poland; but, ingeneral, they were small, with little light or ventilation, and often.
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