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Theme:
>Community, Social interactions
Argument:
>Community played an important role in the lives of rural peasants as both a social outlet and an economic dependence.
Supporting Evidence:
>Social Connections: (Pierre Jean Baptiste Article)
Peasant families gather in the warmest stable during the winter months to conduct their assemblies and religious rituals (147-8).
>Economic Dependence: (F. Y. Besnard)
Farmers who did not own enough land to provide for themselves entered into agreements with others in the area to share their economic resources (149-50).
Connection:
>The point of interdependence is emphasized in Bonnie Smith's article. Specifically she writes, "Agricultural practices connected families to one another in a community" (23).
She goes on to explain the how the agricultural practices of the time lead to the economic interdependence of the rural peasantry.