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Social classes > Peasantry

Preferred term

Peasantry  

Definition

  • Social class, especially of Europe prior to the Industrial Revolution, comprised of persons that till the soil to support themselves. [AAT]

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Peasants

Notation

  • 122600

In other languages

  • French

  • Classe paysanne
  • Classes, peasant
  • Paysannat
  • Paysannes
  • Paysans
  • Peasant classes
  • Sociétés paysannes
  • Vilains

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-DRVMPMJW-9

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