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Ploughing Tilling Fighting: A History of Peasants

The Beginning (1/4)

56 min

Available from 22/12/2025

Many Europeans are probably descended from medieval peasants, but we know remarkably little about the lives of the peasantry. Often derided and misunderstood, this four-part documentary tells the story of these people at the bottom of the social scale from the early Middle Ages onwards.

Director

Stan Neumann

Country

France

Year

2023

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