-
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...
- 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...
-
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...
- revolutionaries". The
attempt to get the
peasantry to
overthrow the Tsar
proved unsuccessful, due to the
peasantry's idolisation of the
latter as someone...
- 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...
-
institutional sources of the
conflicts between the
local CCP
leadership and the
peasantry.
Excerpts of the Chinese-language
edition of "An
Investigation of Chinese...
- 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...
- 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...
