Middle Age by siannij

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Middle Age

Published on Mar 24, 2016

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Peasants/Serfs and Niccolo Machiavelli

Peasants and Serfs are very different.
Serfs are almost like slaves except they couldn't be bought or sold and they could leave the land but they needed there nobles permission.
Anything serfs own is property of the Noble. The noble gives them there job and when they get money they can buy there freedom. One this is they are not skilled or educated so why would they be paid?
They could become a farmer,blacksmith,tax collector,baker, or a carpenter. They did a lot for very little money.

The money they were paid went to the churches for taxes.
Peasants lived in something called Crucks. It was a mixture of mud,straw,and manure.The straw is used for lining the floor.
There water came from the same source, a river or a stream. It was used to eat and wash. At this time soap and shampoo did not exist so they would track in bugs and lice into there beds.
The children did not go to school. They usually died before the age of 1 due to diseases. When they came to age,they joined there parents in work but they would not be overworked.
Life was very complex. They would live a life of hardship. Everything they needed they had to work for and they could not mess up or that would cost them the little bit of money they did earn.

He was born on May 3rd 1469.
Niccolo was a Italian Renaissance historian, politician,diplomat,philosopher,humanist,and writer. (He wrote "The Prince")
He was born in Florence,Italy. He was taught Latin,grammar,and rhetoric. In the first ten years of the 16th century, he carried out several diplomatic missions, most notably to the Papacy in Rome.
In 1503 to 1506, he was responsible for the Florentine militia. He commanded Florentine citizen-soldiers to defeat Pisa in 1509. Machiavelli's success did not last very long. In August 1512, the Medici used Spanish troops to conquer the Florentines at Prato. He was thrown in jail,tortured and banished when Medici regained power.
He died on June 21st,1527 in Florence,Italy. Through his later years he lived in a small village outside of Florence. His tomb is in the church he was banned from years before he died.

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