In 1987 most families approximated the middle peasant (a peasant owning some land) norm of the past.

Your hundred and fifty thousand peasants - the ones you own.

In France, where more peasants owned land, the rural population between 1886 and 1896 fell only from 64 to 60 per cent of the whole.

The peasant owned and rented the lands that were deeded to the old owners.

He combined his ideas of creating gardens with those of a new rural social organization, where peasants own their own land.

An earl got stung and declared war on the baron whose peasants owned the hive.

In Western Europe the peasants owned their own land which they farmed on for profit and survival.

Although many peasants owned part or all of the small holdings they farmed before 1949, tenancy was common, especially in south China.

The peasants were now ex-serfs and could own their land, buy and sell it, and move about freely.

The rich peasants all belonged to the Reddy community and owned a maximum of 15-20 acres.