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Vor 6 Tagen · The profoundly inspiring and fully documented saga of Joan of Arc, the young peasant girl whose "voices" moved her to rally the French nation and a reluctant king against British invaders in 1428, has fascinated artistic figures as diverse as William Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Voltaire, George Bernard Shaw, Bertolt Brecht, Carl Dreyer, and Robert ...
Vor 5 Tagen · English peasant women generally could not hold lands for long, rarely learned any craft occupation and rarely advanced past the position of assistants, and could not become officials. Peasant women had numerous restrictions placed on their behaviour by their lords.
Vor 2 Tagen · Celebrating an idealized form of love or sexual passion, it developed into a sophisticated and aristocratic code of behaviour. The courtly love ethic spread rapidly through European court society and the music became extensively varied, developing different genres. Duo Trobairitz give examples of the canso (a song that speaks pleasingly of love), the alba (a dawn song, in which a lovers ...
Vor einem Tag · Joan of Arc, a peasant girl living in medieval France, believed that God had chosen her to lead France to victory in its long-running war with England.
Vor 2 Tagen · It was dark inside and so cluttered with stuff, he nearly bumped into the shop assistant, a young peasant girl in a scarf, and absorbed in choosing a frame, he only noticed that she was, if not beautiful, then attractive. Her arms and bust were firm and rounded, her waist trim, her legs slender and her skin had a pleasant golden tone. But she didn´t particularly stand out from the thousands ...
Vor 5 Tagen · In 1458 a cattle tax imposed by the archbishop of Salzburg kindled a peasant insurrection, which spread to Styria, Carinthia, and Carniola. In Alsace the malcontents adopted as the symbol of revolt the Bundschuh , the wooden shoe usually worn by the peasants.
Vor 5 Tagen · This guide is a starting point for research on women in the French Revolution of 1789. It includes English and French-language bibliographies, primary sources, digital resources, images, and biographical information on key figures in the Revolution.
