Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Peasants (Polish: Chłopi) is a novel written by the Polish author Władysław Reymont in four parts between 1904 and 1909. He started writing it in 1897, but because of a railway accident and health problems, it took seven years to complete.
The Cudgel War was the 16th century peasant uprising in Finland, which was at that time part of the Kingdom of Sweden. [1] Poltettu kylä (Burned Village), by Albert Edelfelt, 1879. The history of peasant wars spans over two thousand years. A variety of factors fueled the emergence of the peasant revolt phenomenon, including: [2] Tax resistance
Wat Tyler (4 January 1341 (disputed) – 15 June 1381) was a leader of the 1381 Peasants' Revolt in England.He led a group of rebels from Canterbury to London to oppose the collection of a poll tax and to demand economic and social reforms.
The Peasants' Revolt, also named Wat Tyler's Rebellion or the Great Rising, was a major uprising across large parts of England in 1381.The revolt had various causes, including the socio-economic and political tensions generated by the Black Death in the 1340s, the high taxes resulting from the conflict with France during the Hundred Years' War, and instability within the local leadership of ...
Johanna Ferrour, also known as Joanna Ferrour or Joan Marchall, was a leader of the 1381 Peasants' Revolt in England. [1] Originally from Rochester, she led a group of rebels that burned the Savoy Palace, stormed the Tower of London, and she ordered the execution of Archbishop Simon Sudbury and Robert Hales. [2]
Valentín González González (4 November 1904 – 20 October 1983), popularly known as El Campesino (the Peasant), was a Spanish Republican military commander during the Spanish Civil War. Life [ edit ]
The Peasants (Polish: Chłopi) is a 2023 adult animated historical drama film directed and written by DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman. An adaptation of Władysław Reymont 's Nobel Prize-winning novel of the same name , the film was produced using the painted animation technique similar to the pair's previous film, Loving Vincent .
Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont (1867–1925) wrote novels and short stories that was strongly influenced by naturalism.He is best known for Chłopi ("The Peasants", 1904–1909), a novel in four volumes that chronicles peasant life in Poland during the four seasons of the year, for which he specifically was awarded the Nobel prize.