Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Bardsley, Sandy
• Nicholas L. Paul
• Nina Rowe
• Mary C. Erler
• Andrew Albin
• Thomas O’Donnell
• Albin, Andrew
• Rowe, Nina
• O’Donnell, Thomas
• Erler, Mary C
• Paul, Nicholas L

Titel

The Invisible Peasantry

Ist Teil von

• Whose Middle Ages?, 2019, p.14-22

Auflage

1

Ort / Verlag

New York, USA: Fordham University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Go to any medieval festival or Renaissance faire and you will see an interesting cast of characters. Inevitably, you will find representation of royalty. Kings and queens help structure the day with special events requiring elaborate clothing and ceremonies. These royal personages frequently preside over tournaments in which well-trained horses and knights wow the audience with bravery in the face of apparent danger. Lesser nobles, dressed in silks and fine jewelry, attend their majesties. Meanwhile, scruffier townspeople staff the booths designed to empty your pockets and send you home with souvenirs and full bellies. If peasants appear on the scene