This is the start of the fourth part of our series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) discussing the structures of life for pre-modern peasants, who made up the majority of all humans who have ever lived. In the last few sections, we've looked broadly at how mortality, marriage and childbearing patterns shape the households these folks…

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02.09.2025

Fireside Friday, August 27, 2025 (On Defending History) – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

Hey folks, Fireside this week! As I noted a couple of weeks ago, things are probably going to get more than a little fireside-y over the next few weeks, simply because of the start of the semester - and a semester in which I am undertaking a set of entire new preps (that is, teaching…

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06.09.2025

Collections: Life, Work, Death and the Peasant, Part IVb: Working Days – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

This is the continuation - the first of several - of the fourth part of our series looking at the lives of pre-modern peasant farmers - a majority of all of the humans who have ever lived. Last time we discussed the survival requirements (in food and textiles) of a peasant household as well as…

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13.09.2025

Collections: Life, Work, Death and the Peasant, Part IVc: Rent and Extraction – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

This is the third piece of the fourth part of our series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) looking at the lives of pre-modern peasant farmers – a majority of all of the humans who have ever lived. Last time, we started looking at the subsistence of peasant agriculture by considering the productivity of our…

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Collections: Life, Work, Death and the Peasant, Part IVa: Subsistence and a Little More – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

Fireside Friday, August 27, 2025 (On Defending History) – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

Collections: Life, Work, Death and the Peasant, Part IVb: Working Days – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

Collections: Life, Work, Death and the Peasant, Part IVc: Rent and Extraction – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

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