good enlightenment <3 cannot imagine the situation peasants used to be in back then, having to subject themselves to harsh physical labor and their obligations to the lord, meals served were always muted looking.
Right? With very little to no prospect of improving your lot. And in some ways it hasn't gotten better / actually became worse, as common grazing lands became enclosed, the abolition of traditional Catholic feast days, etc.
Fascinating post and hoping you’ll cover the Tolpuddle Martyrs and their influence on the trade union movement. My family surname was once Loveless. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolpuddle_Martyrs
I've not heard of them before, thank you for bringing them up! It would be a great topic to cover. Though the oaths proved to be liability in the end, it's very interesting to see how this kind of ritual -- and their martyrdom -- adds a layer of romantic consecration to labor activism, the latter being something we often associate with raw politics.
Yeah, the oaths were what they got them on. But what incensed the landowning gentry was the fact they were meeting and organising. The movie Comrades is well worth watching. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comrades_(1986_film)
good enlightenment <3 cannot imagine the situation peasants used to be in back then, having to subject themselves to harsh physical labor and their obligations to the lord, meals served were always muted looking.
Right? With very little to no prospect of improving your lot. And in some ways it hasn't gotten better / actually became worse, as common grazing lands became enclosed, the abolition of traditional Catholic feast days, etc.
Fascinating post and hoping you’ll cover the Tolpuddle Martyrs and their influence on the trade union movement. My family surname was once Loveless. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolpuddle_Martyrs
I've not heard of them before, thank you for bringing them up! It would be a great topic to cover. Though the oaths proved to be liability in the end, it's very interesting to see how this kind of ritual -- and their martyrdom -- adds a layer of romantic consecration to labor activism, the latter being something we often associate with raw politics.
Yeah, the oaths were what they got them on. But what incensed the landowning gentry was the fact they were meeting and organising. The movie Comrades is well worth watching. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comrades_(1986_film)