Questions tagged [peasants]
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Why turn brass strips into rolls?
In a manuscript, Mendel I = Amb. 317.2°, from The Virtual Historical Collection of Nuremberg City Library, I found several images of brass strips being beaten into rolls, but no explanation as for why ...
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Was wool packing a main task for medieval peasants?
In Europe/UK, would a main task for peasants/working classes been to pack wool? And, if so, roughly what dates would this have been please? What did the entire process involve from obtaining the ...
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How were "Wehrbauern" (soldier peasants) in medieval Europe even a thing, at all?
Wehrbauer (German pronunciation: [ˈveːɐ̯ˌbaʊ.ɐ], defensive peasant), plural Wehrbauern, is a German term for settlers living on the marches of a realm, who were tasked with holding back foreign ...
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Does anyone know anything about medieval instant pottage?
Does anyone know anything about medieval instant pottage?
Years ago, I saw this in Terry Jones' Medieval Lives episode 1 ( at 14:00). Jones explains pottage and then says there was an instant type of ...
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Insect consumption in late middle-ages in the Northern Europe
Were insects consumed in the Northern Europe in the late Middle Ages by the rural population?
It seems natural to use any available source of food during a famine, but in order to get substantial ...
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How does this bird trap work?
www.nuernberger-hausbuecher.de provides the illustration below:
I want to know how this bird trap mechanism works, as shown by this bird hunter of the medieval period on the book image, and it doesn'...
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Is there any estimate for expected life of 'ordinary' or 'poor' people in middle ages after surviving infancy?
I tried to do my own research on this and according to paper I found:
Life expectancy at birth was a brief 25 years during the Roman Empire, it reached 33 years by the Middle Ages and raised up to 55 ...
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Were there farms in the early 19th century in England, which only focused on agriculture?
I think back in the day most farms consisted of both agriculture and livestock, but I think, there must have been exceptions.
I'm also especially interested in small-scale family-based farms.
The ...
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What was the average day like for a 15th century English peasant or agricultural Labourer?
Because I live in a major urban American city of nearly 500,000 (Colorado Springs), I am finding it difficult to wrap my head around the idea of medieval subsistence agriculture. I am particularly ...
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What did European people of the 5th century AD eat during spring and what was the availability?
It is commonly believed that winter during that age was a period of starvation, with very limited means of procuring food.
If the above is true, what did the commoners (peasants, serfs, etc) have to ...
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Were there ever any libraries in medieval villages?
I know that in towns and cities there might be libraries built, but is it possible or likely that peasants can have access to it as well? I've heard that every village has an least a monastery or ...
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How common was marriage between nobles and peasants in the Middle Ages?
How common was it during the Middle Ages for European nobility to marry peasants or serfs? I am aware that during the era, the institution of marriage was considered a severely practical matter ...
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What toilet facilities were available to commoners in the middle ages?
Whenever I searched for toilets/restrooms/.... in the middle ages I only found sketches or engravings about either clerics (probably curches) or about rooms on the side of the walls of castles.
But ...
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What were the cultures of peasants in China during the Hundred Schools period (600-221BCE)?
During the Hundred Schools period (600-221 BCE) Chinese cultures changed significantly as ideas were contested amongst the ruling elite.
What do we know of peasant cultures in China during this ...
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What property relations existed between peasants and those who took from peasants in early Ottoman rule in Anatolia?
What property relations existed between peasants and those who took from peasants in early Ottoman rule (1300-1450) in Anatolia?
How was social surplus extracted from peasants, by who, with what ...
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