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1:72 MEDIEVAL PEASANT ARMY - 42 figures
In medieval Europe, the peasantry was the main productive class that mainly had been depended upon nobles, churches, or towns. At the same time peasantry was the most indigent class. Every last thing had been taken from serfs. Depended peoples had been laid upon new exactions and duties on various pretexts and names. Corvee, rent-in-kinds, overtaxes, dues for changing of the master, posthumous duties, guard money, etc. had been increased arbitrarily, despite all longstanding agreements. They had been refused injustice, moreover, courts were venal. Further, if a knight could not receive money from a peasant in some way then he can throw him into prison without ceremony and forced to pay the ransom. Of course, people's patience was not endless, that is why armed revolts against oppression were rather often during all history of Europe. Badly armed, without any armors and regular military training peasant armies nevertheless were able to withstand skilled professional groups of knights and burgesses. Substantially, it was supported by the spiritual character of many protests. Ideological leaders of the peasantry (Thomas Muntzer, Wat Tyler, Hans Boheim), while demanding the abolition of obligations had been proven by originally equal rights of people in the face of God. Unfortunately, the absence of long traditions of collective unity, incapacity for establishing administrative work had been caused soon or lately to discords between rebels, and the ruling clique was always able to take profit by that. Suppressions of revolts were always cruel and bloody. None of the popular uprisings before the French Revolution can be considered as successful.
Additional Information
Article No | ZVE8059 |
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Article No of Manufacturer | 8059 |
Аvailability | Out of stock |
Colour | For colouring |
Scale | 1:72 |
Manufacturer | ZVEZDA |
Brand | No |
Series | No |
EAN | 4600327080592 |
Material | Polystyrene (plastic). |
Epoch | V-XVI century Middle Ages |
Age recommendation | Not suitable for children under 14 years. |