7 sentences with 'peasant'
Example sentences and phrases with the word peasant and other words derived from it.
• « When interviewed, that peasant boy turned one of the richest men in the world gave this simple explanation of his success: "I have tried to live as my mother would have wished." »
• « However, evidence (based on inscriptions) suggests that most soldiers were peasant conscripts with little or no armour and light weapons. »
• « The vast majority of the Persian forces were relatively ineffective peasant conscripts, reluctantly recruited from home and forced to fight for a king to whom they had little personal loyalty. »
• « Joan of Arc was a peasant girl who stepped into the middle of the conflict in 1429, supporting the French dauphin (heir) Charles VII. »
• « Remarkably, despite being a teenage peasant girl with no military background, Joan of Arc proved capable of aiming catapults, making tactical decisions and rallying French troops to victory. »
• « In 1524, a huge peasant uprising took place throughout Germany, inspired by this interpretation of Lutheranism and demanding a reduction of feudal rights and duties, an end to serfdom and greater justice on the part of the feudal lords. »
• « For a philosopher like David Hume, the average commoner (whether a peasant or a member of the poor urban classes) was so steeped in ignorance, superstition and credulity that he had to be controlled and ruled by his betters. »