My impression is that weekends and 9-5 work hours are (relatively) modern conventions and that people in previous centuries worked much more (and much harder) than many of us do today in developed countries. Any relevant sources?
Thanks!
To expand on this, how would free time be spent as a commoner vs a nobleman? Men vs women?
Wouldn't this also depend on where/what the person had as an occupation? For example, a labourer might have set hours, but a person who owned land/farms would have to work as needed. A slave would arguably have no free time, as all time belongs to the owner.