Renaissance Poor

The Relationship between the Rich and the Poor during the Renaissance
During the Renaissance, it was obvious to distinguish the rich from the poor. As time went by, based on Ducksters.com, “from the middles ages to the Renaissance the life of an average person changed as well.” With time this lead to more luxurious, nicer clothes, finer food, and the arts. More craftsmen and merchants, developed into the middle class, but were not considered nobles or royalty. On the other hand, people still worked and had fewer chances to improve their position. The rich had a lot more privileges and respect while the poor were looked down on. For example, the wealthy dressed up in fancy clothing and the government was composed of rich citizens. While middle- class and poor women spent much time working. Most poor people worked on farms. Upper-class women were confined to the home or court. Noblemen spent their …show more content…
The typical home for a poor farmer was a one-room hut, but wealthier merchants began to live in large homes. Poor women worked in the fields if they were peasants or in a household if they were servants. The unskilled workers were the lowest class of city workers. These laborers did not have job protection and were very dependent on their employers. Neither the rich or poor consumed much fresh vegetables or fruit; most of all their fruit was dried. Renaissance wealth allowed nobles and merchants to enjoy secular lives. Nobles and merchants enjoyed comfortable palaces, grand banquets, and patrons of the arts. The nobles lived on large estates outside the city walls. They owned most of the city’s land, so the nobles controlled. The nobles served as military officers, royal advisers and as politicians. The nobles and wealthy people were able to obtain a wide variety of nutritious diets carefully prepared by cooks while peasants must supper through the few selections of meat and vegetables they can