Miseo
Minstrel
Let's say, Ancient Rome or late medieval/early renaissance. I'm asuming money was not nearly as common as it is now. It was made from metals (sometimes precious metals) and probably wasn't circulated too much. How common was it for people living in a village or a city to have money? I would imagine in a village, money was rather scarce because the village had less trade and more bartering. In a city, how much of trade was exchange of money and how much was bartering?
What about farms... under feudalism land was owned by a lord, and serfs worked it. What happened to the produce? Did the lord keep all of it? Did he give it to the people or sell it on the market? Did the serfs keep some portion of the food they grew, and none of it made it to a market? And then for farming in Ancient Rome, I would imagine it was quite different...
Got lots of questions like this, but I think this is enough... been doing some research but it's pretty hard to find anything. Hopefully someone here knows more than I do.
What about farms... under feudalism land was owned by a lord, and serfs worked it. What happened to the produce? Did the lord keep all of it? Did he give it to the people or sell it on the market? Did the serfs keep some portion of the food they grew, and none of it made it to a market? And then for farming in Ancient Rome, I would imagine it was quite different...
Got lots of questions like this, but I think this is enough... been doing some research but it's pretty hard to find anything. Hopefully someone here knows more than I do.