A History of the European Rural Life

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Catherine Ringer Self - Narrator (voice)

Miklós Attila Szőcs Boruss Self - Farmer

Massimo Montanari Self - Historian

Chris Wickham Self - Historian

Edith Peytremann Self - Archaeologist