1. False. 12 hours per day, 6 days per week was common for non-farming wokers. For farmers, planting, harvesting and weeding was also a 6 day per week job, sun-up to sun-down, except for winter, see below. 2. Non-farmers often got no vacations. Farmers did get nice long vacations freezing in their homes, again, see below. 3. A few farmers did have a bigger house than you do; they usually had to build them themselves, though. They were less livable though. Most peasants preferred smaller houses because they were a lot easier to heat during the winter. 4. True. 5. A lot was much fresher than you'd get nowadays, at least part of the year. The rest, well, storing it in a root cellar without freezing or proper canning made it less so. Also look up the meaning of "carnival". I'd rate this mostly false. 6. Depends on your definition of "taxes". Serfs would often pay 1/3 to 1/2 of their harvest in order to work the land. This could be considered taxes or rent. City workers were subject to guilds as well as taxes. 7. Somewhat true, depending on the definition of "boss" and the way the area was governed.