The peasants were not passive; they were proud of their traditions and would band together and fight to uphold their traditional rights in the face of burdensome taxes from the king or new demands by the landowning nobility.
Bønderne var ikke passive; de var stolte af deres traditioner og holdt sammen og var klar til at kæmpe for at opretholde deres historiske rettigheder med udsigten til skattebyrder fra kongen eller nye krav fra den landbesiddende adel.