A History of the European Rural Life

Overview

The history of the European peasantry, which has undergone many upheavals over the centuries: from its rise in the Middle Ages after the fall of the Roman Empire, through the oppression of the nobility and the Church, to the struggles for freedom and modernization in the present era.

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The Beginning / The Lords, and Those Who Dig

S01E01 The Beginning / The Lords, and Those Who Dig

April 23, 2024 56 min
By the 6th century, the disintegration of the Roman Empire was complete: no more state, no more big cities. The European peasantry was born. A change of scale. The great Roman commercial agriculture disappeared. These...
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Rebellion and War / Revolutions

S01E02 Rebellion and War / Revolutions

April 23, 2024 55 min
Around the year 1000, growth resumed in Europe. This was the product of the work of peasants, who were even more exploited and despised, especially by city dwellers who were making a comeback. The rise...
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Towards Freedom / The Immobile Peasant, the Moving Peasant

S01E03 Towards Freedom / The Immobile Peasant, the Moving Peasant

April 23, 2024 55 min
Peasants don't need to know. If they knew how to read or write, they could challenge the titles of the rulers and the authority of the Church, like the Italian miller Menocchio, declared a heretic...
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Against the Rest of the World / Peasant Masses

S01E04 Against the Rest of the World / Peasant Masses

April 23, 2024 56 min
In the 19th century, Europe's farmers were finally free. But the Industrial Revolution and modernization precipitated their decline. Deserting the countryside, they left en masse for the cities. As the rural exodus gathered momentum, conservatives...
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Cast

Catherine Ringer
Catherine Ringer
Self - Narrator (voice)
Miklós Attila Szőcs Boruss
Self - Farmer
Massimo Montanari
Self - Historian
Chris Wickham
Self - Historian
Edith Peytremann
Self - Archaeologist
Sheilagh Ogilvie
Self - Historian
Jean-Pierre Devroey
Self - Historian
Morgan Ody
Self - Farmer
Olivier Savoy
Self - Farmer
Tim Soens
Self - Historian
Lyndal Roper
Self - Historian
Antonio Onorati
Self - Farmer

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