-
incorporating all its
condescending and
racial overtones". The word
peasantry is
commonly used in a non-pejorative
sense as a
collective noun for the...
- serf property, but took some
actions to
alleviate the
situation of the
peasantry.
Emperor Alexander I (r. 1801–1825)
wanted to
reform the
system but moved...
- The People's
Republic of
China (PRC)
primarily produces rice, wheat, potatoes, tomatoes, sorghum, peanuts, tea, millet, barley, cotton, oilseed, corn and...
-
pagan or Christian.
Paganism has
broadly connoted the "religion of the
peasantry".
During and
after the
Middle Ages, the term
paganism was
applied to any...
- In real estate, a
landed property or
landed estate is a
property that
generates income for the
owner (typically a
member of the gentry)
without the owner...
- over the
economy of
Norway put
pressure on all classes,
especially the
peasantry, to the
degree that no real
burgher class existed in Norway. From the...
- the
sultan was
often seen as an ally of the
peasantry, for it was
considered his duty to
protect the
peasantry from both
corrupt elites and
outside forces...
- corvée to a
great modernised army. He
introduced conscription of the male
peasantry in 19th
century Egypt, and took a
novel approach to
create his
great army...
-
conquered by the Ottomans, the
native nobility was
eliminated and the
peasantry was
enserfed to
Ottoman rulers,
while much of the
clergy fled or were...
- in 1453. The
Bulgarian nobility was
subsequently eliminated and the
peasantry was
enserfed to
Ottoman masters,
while much of the
educated clergy fled...
