The Following Is an Excerpt from Sixteenth-Century Regulations for Vineyard

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The following is an excerpt from sixteenth-century regulations for vineyard workers: "Men who work in the vineyards, doing work that is skilled, are to be paid 16 pence per day; in addition, they are to receive soup and wine in the morning, at midday beer, vegetables and meat, and in the evening soup, vegetables and wine. Young boys are to be paid 10 pence per day. Women who work as haymakers are to be given 6 pence a day. If the employer wants to have them doing other work, he may make an agreement with them to pay them 7 or 8 pence. He may also give them soup and vegetables to eat in the morning but no wine-milk and bread at midday, but nothing in the evening."
This passage provides evidence in support of which of the following claims?

• A)Vineyard work was difficult, dangerous, and poorly paid.
• B)Vineyard workers were paid an hourly wage and received no other compensation.
• C)Vineyard work was an exclusively male profession.
• D)Women were the lowest paid vineyard workers.

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