### id263560063 Medieval urban peasants had multiple jobs > In the Montpellier sources, some self-identified urban peasants juggled different jobs, suggesting that agriculture was not, in fact, their full-time occupation. Some men described themselves as “agriculturalist and gardener”. Two men were “carpenter and ploughmen;” one taxpayer worked as “musician and ploughman and public crier;” one was a “glove maker and ploughman;” while another was listed as a “ploughman and fishmonger.” It is possible that agriculture was their primary occupation but that they had a side activity to make ends meet. - [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01fr20g30fkvp2jcdffs9trtyy) - [[Urban Agriculture in the Middle Ages by Lucie Laumonier#id263560063 Medieval urban peasants had multiple jobs|View in Vault]]