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In medieval England, peasants on some estates were entitled to a range of sick, annual and bereavement leave that could rival those of many workers in the UK today.

Medieval peasants had far more vacation days than the average American today. The peasant, although often toiling in fields with back-breaking labor, would only work about 150 days of the year, ...

I just got out of a hot shower, and am sipping a cup of hot chocolate while I listen to music on my iPhone in my heated apartment, while I write this article on a computer that allows me instant ...

Scientists from the University of Bristol have uncovered, for the first time, definitive evidence that determines what types of food medieval peasants ate and how they managed their animals. Using ...

The knights in shining armor got down and dirty first day of the Riverdale Kiwanis Medieval Faire. Then, so did everyone else with peasants and a lot of others going barefoot in the mud. Torrential ...

Medieval England Twice as Well Off as Today’s Poorest Nations: The figure of $400 annually (as expressed in 1990 international dollars) is commonly is used as a measure of "bare bones subsistence" and ...

If your lil' business has a lot of tired workers, there could be a good reason. A Stanford University professor says Americans are working longer hours than medieval peasants. "The amount of time we ...