Peasants are pretty much irrelevant, because we lack unfiltered sources for the lower strata.

Several times I've come across 13th century sources, where we see priests, burghers or nobles talking about current events in other areas.

• First thing that strikes me is the names they use. Sweden is often referred to by foreigners as Swealand (eastern central Sweden) AND Gothland (south central Sweden), while the Swedes considered gothland to be an ancient description. Kingdom of Norway was referred to as Germanic kingdom by a late 12 C English monk.
• A general trend is that they are less informed. A Danish King sends some messengers to his cousin in late 13th century, the King of England and asks for mercenaries and money to help fight a local war. He justify it because the murder of a relative. The English king is at that point informed that a relative was killed, ~20 years earlier.
• Other times, they are provided stories, probably by traveling merchants of events in other lands. The story then get mystified with supernatural events. One such source tell how a civil war in Norway included witches and magic, by the help of the devil himself so that a tyrant could win.
• A person living in England is fairly knowledgeable about things happening around their living area and things that effect ones living standard. As soon as you go outside one persons economic/social influence, the interest quickly descend into legends and myths

This is not always the case, because sometimes we have account of traveling merchans who travel half the known world. It's something However, it's something I've noticed and I find it kinda interesting reading their point of view.