Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
bäuerliche Strukturen
English translation:
free/independent peasantry
Added to glossary by
Craig Meulen
Nov 23, 2006 17:18
17 yrs ago
German term
United Kingdom
bäuerliche Strukturen
German to English
Social Sciences
History
The context is:
Während sich in anderen Teilen Deutschlands vorrangig bäuerliche Strukturen entwickelten, führte die politische und wirtschaftliche Potenz mecklenburgischer und pommerscher Grundherren ... zu einer gänzlich neuen Wirtschaftsweise mit großen zusammenhängenden Blockfluren und einer neuen Siedlungsform.
I can't write "rural", since the social structures east of the Elbe were also rural and agricultural, but I need a term to contrast the systems that developed.
Thanks
Während sich in anderen Teilen Deutschlands vorrangig bäuerliche Strukturen entwickelten, führte die politische und wirtschaftliche Potenz mecklenburgischer und pommerscher Grundherren ... zu einer gänzlich neuen Wirtschaftsweise mit großen zusammenhängenden Blockfluren und einer neuen Siedlungsform.
I can't write "rural", since the social structures east of the Elbe were also rural and agricultural, but I need a term to contrast the systems that developed.
Thanks
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | free/independent peasantry // peasant farming // small family farms // smallholders |
Francis Lee (X)
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| 4 +5 | peasant or agricultural - depending on the context |
lindaellen (X)
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| 3 | rural structures |
BirgitBerlin
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Proposed translations
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15 hrs
Selected
free/independent peasantry // peasant farming // small family farms // smallholders
I think they mean the regressive development from independent farmers to a kind of precursor of collectivisation.
Here are a coupe of references from the period:
"In Brandenburg, Pomerania, and Mecklenburg ... more labor services were demanded, reducing the once-free peasantry to the status of serfs. Here it is worth reminding the reader that this development had been going on long before the Thirty Years War, but after 1648 the change is much more pronounced."
http://www.boisestate.edu/courses/reformation/germany/after3...
"A minority of rich peasants lived amid struggling smallholders hard-pressed by feudal lords who maximized their profits by increasing labour and tax burdens"
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-58163/Germany
And "smallholder" is normally translated as "KleinbauerIn"
Here are a coupe of references from the period:
"In Brandenburg, Pomerania, and Mecklenburg ... more labor services were demanded, reducing the once-free peasantry to the status of serfs. Here it is worth reminding the reader that this development had been going on long before the Thirty Years War, but after 1648 the change is much more pronounced."
http://www.boisestate.edu/courses/reformation/germany/after3...
"A minority of rich peasants lived amid struggling smallholders hard-pressed by feudal lords who maximized their profits by increasing labour and tax burdens"
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-58163/Germany
And "smallholder" is normally translated as "KleinbauerIn"
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks Francis, I think the key word here is definitely "free" - since I researched further and "peasant" is often used synonymously with "serf", and it's this concept of "not-serf" that I was looking for.
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BirgitBerlin
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Related KudoZ points
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4
rural structures
I'd suggest...
+5
14 mins
peasant or agricultural - depending on the context
Context!
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Note added at 48 mins (2006-11-23 18:06:06 GMT)
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The notes and answers from Francis and Craig were not available when I posted this answer. Actually I don't want any more context, I meant for Craig to base his choice on the basis of the context of his entire document, which is not available to me.
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Note added at 50 mins (2006-11-23 18:08:40 GMT)
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If I had known what I know now about the context, I would have only suggested peasant.
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Note added at 48 mins (2006-11-23 18:06:06 GMT)
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The notes and answers from Francis and Craig were not available when I posted this answer. Actually I don't want any more context, I meant for Craig to base his choice on the basis of the context of his entire document, which is not available to me.
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Note added at 50 mins (2006-11-23 18:08:40 GMT)
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If I had known what I know now about the context, I would have only suggested peasant.
Note from asker:
| Thanks for your answer - I think as "structure of small peasant holdings" we're almost there, but Francis' addition of "free" is the clincher. |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
BirgitBerlin
: unter diesen Umständen "peasant..."
38 mins
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Thank you.
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| agree |
Ingeborg Gowans (X)
: this could work for the context you gave us
41 mins
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Thank you.
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| agree |
Beate Petersen
: Yes, perhaps as "structure of small peasant holdings"
2 hrs
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Thanks.
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DDM
3 hrs
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Thanks.
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Otmar Lichtenwörther
: "peasant"
16 hrs
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Discussion
Article in a magazine for a somehwat knowledgeable but still quite general audience.