SC - > So long as we are making assumptions . . . . . . .

[Decker, Terry D.]

Medievally, laborers were a class which provided services for hire.  They
usually received both coin and food as part of their wages and commonly
worked term of contract deals with their patrons.  They were not necessarily
wealthy, but some did have money.

Bear

> Jenne Heise wrote:
> > 
> > Uh. A 'laborer' isn't lower middle class. Laboreres are part of the
> class
> > we never talk about in the US any more: the lower or working class.
> 
> Perhaps. Nor is a laborer the "poorest of the poor". He is somebody with
> an income, low as it may or may not be.
> 
> Adamantius
>