Obviously not, since they had enough surpluses to feed the lord and knights. Also, they weren't dumb enough to try to fight human made climate warming, which led to a few good centuries. On the other hand they died from cold during the small ice age.

Of course, the modern peasants can feed 99% of the population, but they are still staved to death by the Capitalist banksters. http://reinformation.tv/monde-paysan-suicides-campagnes-3949...