In “Summer of Fire and Blood,” Lyndal Roper tells the story of the serfs who fought for a better life and the elites who ...
If a Polish peasant from previous centuries were to visit a contemporary restaurant styled as rustic, they’d likely have only ever seen most of the dishes on their lord’s table, if at all, while the ...
And there seems to be a debate among many contemporary scholars of Jesus as to whether he was really a peasant or... somewhat higher in the socio-economic strata. We know in general he was low ...
Titled “Head of a Catalan Peasant,” it’s the first of four “Head” canvases made in 1924 and 1925, right as the Spanish painter developed the capricious style for which he became famous.
Immediately afterwards, the eminent folklorist cites a story from Tonie, near Kraków, where a peasant with the charming nickname Hadramacha had the displeasure of coming into contact with a strzygoń.
Copying the structure of the novel, which was published in four parts between 1904 and 1909, the screen version of “The Peasants” introduces each of its parts with lovely images of the seasons ...
At Bucharest's most unique museum, the Museum of the Romanian Peasant, artifacts are not behind glass or a velvet rope. Rather, visitors can interact and closely examine objects used by Romanians ...
Whereas peasants are often the primary targets of conmen, in Amuria district, eastern Uganda, a laboratory technician became the victim when a peasant conned her out of shillings 7.5 million.
The peasants were angry about a range of issues, such as low pay and the introduction of a poll tax. They demanded changes were made. The revolt did not achieve all of the peasants’ aims and the ...