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Counter Medieval peasants tended to be regarded by their contemporaries as dirty, foolish, dishonest, even as subhuman or bestial. At the same time, however, peasants could be regarded as meritorious by virtue of their simple life and productive work. Furthermore, unlike other condemned groups of the time, such as Jews, Muslims or lepers, peasants were not a minority, their work in the fields nourished all other social orders, and, most importantly, they were Christian. This book examines these conflicting images of peasants from the post-Carolingian period to the German Peasants' War. It relates the representation of peasants to debates about how society should be organized, how slavery and serfdom could be assailed or defended, and how peasants themselves structured and justified their demands. This book shows how the stylized laments over peasant suffering from literature were appropriated by peasants themselves, especially in the rebellions that characterized the late Middle Ages.

History of civilization --- Comparative literature --- anno 500-1499 --- Literature, Medieval --- Peasants in literature. --- Peasants --- Social classes --- Civilization, Medieval --- Littérature médiévale --- Paysannerie dans la littérature --- Paysannerie --- Classes sociales --- Civilisation médiévale --- History and criticism. --- History --- Histoire et critique --- Histoire --- Europe --- Social conditions --- Conditions sociales --- Peasants in literature --- Peasantry --- History and criticism --- 316.343.64 --- Boerenstand --(sociale stratificatie) --- Peasants. --- 316.343.64 Boerenstand --(sociale stratificatie) --- Littérature médiévale --- Paysannerie dans la littérature --- Civilisation médiévale --- Peasantry in literature --- Agricultural laborers --- Rural population --- Marks (Medieval land tenure) --- Villeinage --- Literature, Medieval - History and criticism

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Housekeeping --- History of civilization --- anno 500-1499

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Housekeeping --- History of civilization --- culinaire geschiedenis

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