Cosechas - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 07:33:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Cosechas - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Country tasks or Spring https://historylab.es/country-tasks-or-spring/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=country-tasks-or-spring Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:30:33 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/faenas-campestres-o-la-primavera/ A group of peasants engaged in rural activities in early modern Europe

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]]> The scene depicted by Fiammingo shows the typical labours of the European peasantry in the second half of the 16th century at a particular time of the year. Various actions can be seen, ranging from gathering and making butter in the foreground, to milking cows for milk in the background, and in the distance, hunting for meat and skins to make coats and grazing. All of this is set in an idealised bucolic environment.

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