Which statement best describes the European peasantry in the eighteenth century?
a. The peasantry comprised nearly half of Europe's population.
b. Peasants were free from serfdom in all countries by 1789.
c. Peasants often owed extensive compulsory services to aristocratic landowners.
d. Peasants benefited the most in southern Italy and eastern Germany.
e. The peasantry disappeared in England because of the Industrial Revolution.
c
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)