Although cleanliness in the Middle Ages was primitive compared to what modern people enjoy, it doesn't mean medieval hygiene ...

No Dungeon Master would let you get away with it, but this degenerate combo is perfectly legal under the Dungeons and Dragons ...

Either way, economic historians generally do not believe religious authorities had significant control over the total number of days per year peasants worked. Instead, economic historians ...

Then, the first act of revolt in 1524 would light the match that eventually sparked the Peasants’ War. Thomas Müntzer, a Protestant preacher in Allstedt, Germany, in the 1520s, rose to fame and gained ...

Either way, economic historians generally do not believe religious authorities had significant control over the total number of days per year peasants worked. Instead, economic historians ...

The Peasants' Revolt of 1381, also known as Tyler's Revolt and The 14th Century Poll Tax Riots, happened for complex and varied reasons. Two of the main reasons were the Black Death (1334-51 ...

Scheidel, Walter 1999. Emperors, aristocrats, and the grim reaper: towards a demographic profile of the Roman élite. The Classical Quarterly, Vol. 49, Issue. 1, p. 254.

How an unpopular new tax led to the greatest uprising in the history of Medieval England, the Peasants' Revolt of 1308, and how young Richard II defused it. Professor Robert Bartlett tells the ...

Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli Monday congratulated Egyptian farmers and peasants on Farmers’ Day. On the 72nd anniversary ...

Evo Morales, Bolivia's former president, has called on supporters to protest against current President Luis Arce.

Antamina has built an underground pipeline to transport the mineral. The peasants have for a week blocked the road through which this pipeline passes. Protesters are demanding compensation for the ...