“It was said he could pick out a noble from a peasant in a room, even if they were all dressed in the finest robes of state.”

“They set out the next day and at evening approached a small hut from which a poor peasant emerged.”

“Herfod was let to understand that he'd returned to being a menial peasant who had managed to waste His Highness's time.”

“In the mid 19th century, after the peasantry had been affranchised, a model of Heinrichshof was built by the Duke on his fields.”

“The state tolerated this situation, for it enabled it to recruit the army and raise taxes directly from the peasantry, without intermediaries.”

“Local elites abandoned the countryside for towns and had little contact with the peasantry.”

“At the same time, a strategy of peasantization might reduce or postpone the more acute social and political conflicts which are inherent in the process of marginalization.”

“The quartering of soldiers upon peasants and citizens generated severe altercations, mostly concerning rations and pay.”

“Most of the resistance fighters were peasants who traditionally wore kaffiyehs and lived in the mountains or small villages.”

“For millions of poor peasants, it will mean being driven off the land by cheap agricultural imports.”