<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">peasants</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>fellahin</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>serfs</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>farmers</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>peasantry</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>peasant</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>peasant&apos;s</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>peasants&apos;</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Free people who support themselves by tilling the soil, either as small landholders or hired laborers. For the social class comprised of these people, use "peasantry." For those in a condition of servitude under feudalism, owing services to a lord and commonly attached to the lord's land, use "serfs." ]]></note></mads>