medieval French rural peasants would almost 'hibernate' like bears to conserve energy.
Absolutely, makes sense. Around here where people were still practicing transhumance in the 18th century, upland farmers would get their flocks down and expect to get snowed in for a couple of weeks, so everyone just huddled tight. Not much revolutionary potential there.
St Petersburg had tenement blocks which were very overcrowded (presuming Dostoevsky's painting a true picture) so I could imagine men might hang around on streets or in pubs,
Wasn't it the women who kicked off the February revolution?
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Absolutely, makes sense. Around here where people were still practicing transhumance in the 18th century, upland farmers would get their flocks down and expect to get snowed in for a couple of weeks, so everyone just huddled tight. Not much revolutionary potential there.
St Petersburg had tenement blocks which were very overcrowded (presuming Dostoevsky's painting a true picture) so I could imagine men might hang around on streets or in pubs,
Wasn't it the women who kicked off the February revolution?