(Essay) Section: Historical poetry and prose Author: Maria Bakhova Author: Maria Bakhova, grade 6A, secondary school No. 16, Minusinsk, Krasnoyarsk Territory
In the morning with the first rays of sun, the peasant woke up in his small house, which was located in a small village consisting from 11 yards. A large, friendly peasant family gathered at a rough-hewn table for breakfast: a peasant with his wife, 4 daughters and 6 sons.
After praying, they sat down on wooden benches. For breakfast there were grains boiled in a pot on the home fire. After a quick lunch, off to work. You need to pay your dues on time and work off your corvee. Almost all the peasant's children already worked like adults. Only the youngest son, who was barely 5 years old, could only herd geese.
It was autumn. The harvest was in full swing. All the household members took sickles, inherited from their grandfather, and went to cut the ears of corn.
The family worked all day in the field, taking only one break for lunch.
In the evening, tired, they came home. Grandmother prepared porridge, turnips and a delicious grape drink for dinner. After dinner, the peasant's wife went to feed the pigs and milk the cow.
The daughters sat down to spin, the sons and their father began to make barrels for water. After sunset everyone went to bed. Mother and father on a wide wooden bed, children on benches against the walls, which were covered with mattresses stuffed with hay. Tomorrow morning, everyone will get up early again, work hard and hard again... After all, peasants have always respected their work and highly valued hard work.
Section: Historical poetry and prose Date of publication: 12/20/2013 20:00:14
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Division of peasants into groups
To understand how peasants lived in the Middle Ages, you need to understand the relationship between the feudal lord and the poor residents who lived in villages in the areas adjacent to the castle and cultivated plots of land.
In Western Europe, by the beginning of the 12th century, there were almost no free peasants left, but the lack of their freedom varied. The population that lived in the villages under the feudal lord was divided into three groups depending on what the peasants owned in the Middle Ages:
- colons - had personal freedom, but also land dependence on the owner of the estate, they could not leave their plot, which they inherited, without permission;
- servs - were considered almost slaves, although they were endowed with a certain piece of land and secured on it, but were called dependent peasants, and in fact, were the most powerless;
- litas - occupied an intermediate position, they were under the patronage of the landowner and kept their allotment, which they received and could pass on as an inheritance.
All peasants had duties from their feudal lord, which included work in the field, payment of quitrent (most often, with the harvest).
The freest peasants were in Scandinavia; in the Middle Ages, they could cultivate their own land, then paying part of the production to their feudal lord. And in France, Italy, Germany, England, land-dependent peasants were considered officially free, but they took land for cultivation from the feudal lord, giving him part of the harvest in the form of a tax.
Essay on the topic One day in the life of a peasant (grade 6)
Peasant labor is hard, but important. Every day passes with benefit, every day is filled with meaning.
The morning begins with the first roosters. No matter how much you would like to bask on a warm stove, a cow and piglets are already waiting in the barn. And so the strong man gets up, slowly stretches, and then hurries to eat several yesterday’s pancakes, which the hostess had prudently left behind.
And while she opens the doors of the barn to let the cow out to pasture, and climbs into the chicken coop to collect eggs, the man will work on his main tool - the scythe. He will carefully run his finger along the blade, checking whether it is dull, and then he will grunt with satisfaction and go to the meadow for fresh grass. A yard dog and a sleepy son will follow, displeasedly rubbing his drooping eyes all the way.
And in the hut they will re-light the stove, adding fresh birch logs. Young daughters will gather at a neighbor's house to weave a dowry. One of them will return to the house a little later, grab a bundle of food prepared for her father and brother, and hurry to the field. And there, among lush spicy grasses and midges, in the shade under the trees, two tired bodies already lie. The muscles ache pleasantly from work. The scythe worker stands a little to the side, leaning against a birch tree. For today, her work is done.
And the man will rest a little, smoke a pipe, scratch his gray head and go to the garden to weed. His wife will also join him. And an unequal battle will begin: clods of earth and weed roots will fly to the sides, and the smell of earth and young grass will smell.
And so they will work until the evening, without straightening their backs. And while the older ones are busy in the field, the younger one will take a bucket, a fishing rod and hurry to the river. There, in the shade of the trees, he and the guys will sit and fish.
And in the evening, both old and young will meet for dinner. Everyone will start telling what they did, what they heard. And the peasant eats, but remains silent, thinking about tomorrow. About the fact that there are now a lot of mushrooms and berries in the forest. And we need to collect them quickly. And it would be nice to get some winter boots this year, the old ones are really worn out. So he lies down on the stove, immersed in his thoughts. And unbeknownst to himself, he will fall into a deep sleep.
And tomorrow work will begin to boil again: the windows and doors will open, the scythe in strong hands will ring in the morning, large baskets will be taken from the attic, and the man at work will greet the new day.
Essay on the theme of Peasant's Day 6th grade
I can only imagine a day in the life of a peasant from books, films and a little from the summer at the dacha. Of course, we are not peasants, we relax at the dacha. We don’t plant potatoes, we don’t weed carrots, we don’t harvest... Mom plants flowers, there are several currant bushes. I love picking berries! I think that a day in the life of a peasant begins early - right at dawn. These people are close to nature, they know when and what to plant, collect... They can predict the weather using signs better than in the news. So, a peasant, for example, Peter, stood up at dawn. I drank some water and got to work. First of all, I think you need to wake up your wife so that she can also work, and the children can still sleep - they don’t need to go to school! The wife is milking the cow, which has just accumulated milk overnight. Peter has breakfast before his work day. I think he can eat sour milk with grains, like yogurt with granola. Having drunk the fresh milk, Peter goes to let the cow out. He himself does not take her to the field, but hands her over to the shepherd. He collects cows from all over the village and (for a reasonable fee) walks them all day. While the cow is away, Peter cleans her barn and puts in new bedding. Surely, there are piglets and chickens - they all need to be checked (how they survived the night - no one was dragged away by wolves) and fed. While the sun has not yet risen - it is not very hot, he begins to work in the garden - weed here, thin out there. There will always be something to do! Afterwards you can have breakfast again - with the children. Surely my wife has already cooked the porridge with fresh milk. Afterwards, while it’s hot in the summer, you can have a siesta. Lunch is definitely needed. If anyone in the family is literate, then you can read books. "Domostroy", for example. You can take a little nap. After lunch, when the sun had already waned. Again, do something in the garden, think about what to sell to whom, especially if tomorrow is market day. You can help your wife around the house. Again you need to feed the animals. I almost forgot about the dog! Of course, the peasant has a yard dog. And also a horse. Suddenly you have to go to someone and negotiate something. After dinner you can make something, crunch some seeds, play the button accordion. Before going to bed, be sure to take a swim (if in winter, then go to the bathhouse), and pray. You need to go to bed early, get up early again tomorrow. Of course, a lot is repeated on this day. What to do if the same pets need to be fed several times a day. And, I’m sure, there is work all the time: in the garden, at home... The day is full of worries! But, in nature and at work. Write a story about 1 day in the life of a peasant based on history Essay One day in the life of a peasant
The life of a peasant is very different from the life of a city dweller. The peasant is engaged in physical labor and has to do a lot of work in one day. The peasant's morning begins at four o'clock in the morning. The first step is to feed the cattle. Geese, chickens, ducks, pigs and turkeys are a small number of animals that can live in a peasant yard. It is necessary to prepare food and cook porridge for the dog and pigs. After feeding the animals, you need to start breakfast yourself and start doing agricultural work. A peasant's breakfast is modest. It could be porridge with vegetable salad, a piece of lard and compote with buns. You need to have a hearty breakfast, because you will have to work productively all day. After breakfast you need to go to the field. There is a lot of work in the field. It is necessary to weed vegetable crops, water planted plants, and care for them. Work in the field is very hard and exhausting. You have to get up very early so that the hot sun doesn’t burn too much and you can get most of the work done before lunch. When lunch comes, the peasant can go home or have a snack right in the field in the shade of an old tree. Everything will depend on its location and workload. If a peasant has lunch in the field, then he will eat bread, onions, lard, and drink kvass. If you go home, you will have lunch with borscht, soup or cabbage soup. After lunch, you need to feed the cattle again, clean the barn, and clean out the pigs. This is if the peasant is at home. If he is in the field, then field work continues. After field work, you need to make supplies for feeding the animals, that is, mow hay. Cutting hay is difficult, you need to be able to control the scythe, and you also need to have a lot of strength. The hay is cut, after which it will dry out and will need to be collected in a stack, or transferred to a barn. In the evening, the peasant does household chores. There will be house cleaning, pet care, laundry and cooking. Before going to bed, the peasants gather at the table, discuss the work plan for the next day, drink uzvar and prepare for tomorrow. You have to go to bed quite early, because you have to get up at dawn in order to have time to do all your work.
