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<blockquote data-quote="Ace" data-source="post: 8123984" data-attributes="member: 944">My understanding is that factoring in the surges in work during harvest, various feasts and festivals the medieval work week was roughly 40 hours all told.&nbsp; And note that religious holidays played a roll in Europe that I don't think anyone in modernity has ever come close to experiencing. It was a core part of that society and trying to make people work on Saints Day in some places could result in riots or worseNow harvest was an absolute beast of a couple of months, sun up to sundown but all in all people&nbsp; worked only as hard as they had too&nbsp; and often as witnessed by all the constant complaints by rich people about lazy serfs.&nbsp;Also of interest in some places the political conflict over the 40 hour work week was framed as &quot;restoring what we had&quot; and as &quot;traditional&quot; in rather&nbsp; than as a measure of progress.City people so long as they has money also didn't work as hard as they didn't have serf obligations nor likely as long. However as most people didn't write&nbsp; things down we don't really know for sure.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ace, post: 8123984, member: 944"] My understanding is that factoring in the surges in work during harvest, various feasts and festivals the medieval work week was roughly 40 hours all told. And note that religious holidays played a roll in Europe that I don't think anyone in modernity has ever come close to experiencing. It was a core part of that society and trying to make people work on Saints Day in some places could result in riots or worse Now harvest was an absolute beast of a couple of months, sun up to sundown but all in all people worked only as hard as they had too and often as witnessed by all the constant complaints by rich people about lazy serfs. Also of interest in some places the political conflict over the 40 hour work week was framed as "restoring what we had" and as "traditional" in rather than as a measure of progress. City people so long as they has money also didn't work as hard as they didn't have serf obligations nor likely as long. However as most people didn't write things down we don't really know for sure. [/QUOTE]

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