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In Italy we are lucky to have a very good medieval historian, professor Alessandro Barbero, who has done a great deal of work to popularize "peasant history" am
by lou1306 6y ago
In Italy we are lucky to have a very good medieval historian, professor Alessandro Barbero, who has done a great deal of work to popularize "peasant history" among the general public.
Most of his talks, are available on YouTube and are being collected in an increasingly popular podcast [1].
Once-obscure topics like the Ciompi revolt in Florence, the French Jacquerie, or the English peasants' revolt, are basically achieving memetic status.
The podcast is only in Italian, but it could be a useful tool to learn the language :)
[1] https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/podcast-di-alessandro-barbero-lezioni-e-conferenze/id1501956064?l=en https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/podcast-di-alessandro-bar...
- bildung 6y agoThere is also Ferdinand Braudel, who published 3 works about peasant live in the 15th to 18th century: "The Structures of Everyday Life", "The Wheels of Commerce" and "The Perspective of the World". I found them very interesting, they depict normal days for different trades and classes and the changes that occured to them over the centuries.
- BrandoElFollito 6y agoLe Goff wrote a lot about everyday medieval life too. His books are very readable