A History of the European Rural Life

Overview

The history of the European peasantry, which has undergone many upheavals over the centuries: from its rise in the Middle Ages after the fall of the Roman Empire, through the oppression of the nobility and the Church, to the struggles for freedom and modernization in the present era.

Seasons & Episodes

Details

Cast

Catherine Ringer

Self - Narrator (voice)

Miklós Attila Szőcs Boruss

Self - Farmer

Massimo Montanari

Self - Historian

Chris Wickham

Self - Historian

Edith Peytremann

Self - Archaeologist

Sheilagh Ogilvie

Self - Historian

Jean-Pierre Devroey

Self - Historian

Morgan Ody

Self - Farmer

Olivier Savoy

Self - Farmer

Tim Soens

Self - Historian

Lyndal Roper

Self - Historian

Antonio Onorati

Self - Farmer

Carlo Ginzburg

Self - Historian

Eugene Costello

Self - Archaeologist

Esther Pascua Echegaray

Self - Historian

Gérard Béaur

Self - Historian

Laurent Brassart

Self - Historian

Miguel Cabo Villaverde

Self - Historian

Omar Bessaoud

Self - Agroeconomist

Marie Savoy

Self - Farmer