Editing Dušan Code (section)

===Peasants===
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Dušan Code is one of few sources on the position of Serbia's peasants.<ref name=Fine318>{{harvnb|Fine|1994|p=318}}</ref>

{{quotation|Commoners shall have no council. If anybody is found participating in council, let his ears be cut off, and let the leaders be singed.<ref>[http://www.ius.bg.ac.rs/informacije/Dusanov%20zakonik%20i%20pravni%20transplanti%20-%20N%20Selakovic.pdf Nikola Selaković, Dušanov zakonik i pravni translplanti: uporedno-pravna studija] (pp. 52)</ref>|On the Commoners Council}}
One aspect is the treatment of the position and rights of Serbia's peasants. In the context of the medieval social structure, peasants were the commoners who engaged in [[Agriculture|agricultural]] work and formed a substantial part of the population. Commoners, who were the peasants, were not allowed to form or participate in any council. Those found to be involved in any council-related activities were subjected to severe punishment. The code prescribes that the punishment for participating in a council would be cutting off the offender's ears, while the leaders or organizers of such councils would be subjected to [[Singe|singeing]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Dušan |first1=Stephan | year=1950 |title=The Code of Stephan Dušan |journal=The Slavonic and East European Review |volume=28 |issue=71 |pages=516–539 |publisher=Malcolm Burr |jstor=4204151 }}</ref>