A History of the European Rural Life - Season 1 Episode 3 Towards Freedom / The Immobile Peasant, the Moving Peasant
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 and burned alive in 1600. Peasant knowledge was just as suspect. Peasant witches, often simple bonesetters, were hunted down, accused of worshipping Satan and burned by the thousands. On the threshold of modern times, in the name of progress and profitability, the dominant classes launched an offensive against the old village solidarities. England set the example by privatizing communal lands. By depriving farmers of an indispensable resource, they were condemned to disappear. France followed a different path. Still in the majority, its peasantry played a major and little-known role in the Revolution which, in 1789, put an end to a thousand years of feudal rule.
Year: 2024
Genre: Documentary
Country: France
Director: Stan Neumann
Cast: Catherine Ringer, Miklós Attila Szőcs Boruss, Massimo Montanari, Chris Wickham, Edith Peytremann, Sheilagh Ogilvie
Crew: Camille Laemlé (Producer), Serge Lalou (Producer), Gérard Béaur (Technical Advisor), Ned Burgess (Director of Photography), Katell Djian (Director of Photography), Jean Minondo (Sound)
First Air Date: Apr 23, 2024
Last Air date: Apr 23, 2024
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 4 Episode
Runtime: 56 minutes
IMDb: 7.50/10 by 2.00 users
Popularity: 4.1959
Language: English, French, Irish, Italian, Spanish
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