Image of the Medieval Peasant as Alien and Exemplary by Paul Freedman

Image of the Medieval Peasant as Alien and Exemplary

Paul Freedman

488 pages first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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The medieval clergy, aristocracy, and commercial classes tended to regard peasants as objects of contempt and derision. In religious writings, satires, sermons, chronicles, and artistic representations peasants often appeared as dirty, foolish, di...

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