Robaudes (610-650)

I am Robaudes, peasent of lord Teudiniro.

 

I am 31 years old and for five years I depend on the lord Teudiniro. When my father died I took over the small plot of land he owned, making me care for my widowed mother and my wife Eulalia. Two straight years of locusts ruined my crops and forced me into debt with Teudiniro, I had to give him my land and work it under his authority. He pays my state taxes, and as nice as that is after rent and every type of charges I am forced to mow the cereal crops or prune the vines. I barely have time to work on my land!