What Medieval Peasants Actually Did All Winter

You're a peasant in 1320. The food has to last until spring, the dark comes at four, and what you do this week decides whether your children eat in March. Here is what medieval peasants actually did from November to March. Art (public domain): Pieter Bruegel the Elder — Hunters in the Snow, The Census at Bethlehem, The Fight Between Carnival and Lent, Peasant Wedding, The Harvesters (The Met, CC0); Limbourg brothers — Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry (January, February, November, December); Luttrell Psalter (British Library, CC0). Further reading: A. Roger Ekirch, "At Day's Close" (segmented sleep — debated). Music: "Lightless Dawn" — Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Narration: AI-generated voice (script written and fact-checked by the channel). #history #medieval #middleages