What were peasants occupations in the Middle Ages?
Peasants did a lot of different things, such as farming and milling and such; however, the lowly peasants were either unemployed, or were what they called, ‘cottars’. Cottars were the lowest of peasantry, and since peasants were really low… well, you can imagine. They were pretty much at rock bottom of the social ladder. They were swine-herds and prison guards, but they also did things like cleaning homes and other odd jobs.
