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peasant
thumb|upright=1.5|Young women offer berries to visitors to their izba home, 1909. Those who had been serfs among the Russian peasantry were officially emancipated in 1861. Photograph by [[Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky.]]
A peasant is a pre-industrial agricultural laborer or a farmer with limited land-ownership, especially one living in the Middle Ages under feudalism and paying rent, tax, fees, or services to a landlord. In Europe, three classes of peasants existed: non-free slaves, semi-free serfs, and free tenants. Peasants might hold title to land outright (fee simple), or by any of several forms
dhimmi
''''''' ( ', , collectively / "the people of the covenant") or '''''' () is a historical term for non-Muslims living in an Islamic state with legal protection and certain restrictions. The word literally means "protected person", referring to the state's obligation under sharia to protect the individual's life, property, as well as freedom of religion, in exchange for loyalty to the state and payment of the jizya tax, in contrast to the zakat, or obligatory alms, paid by the Muslim subjects. Dhimmi were forbidden to bear arms and so did not perform military service and other privileges assigne
local history
field of history concerned with a locality
women's history
women's role throughout history
social history
broad branch of history that studies the experiences of ordinary people in the past
temperance movement
social and political movement against (problematic) consumption of alcoholic beverages
history of slavery
historical aspect and field of study
historical sociology
branch of sociology focusing on how societies develop through history

psychohistory
Psychohistory is a transdisciplinary field of knowledge that represents an amalgam of psychology, history, psychoanalysis, political psychology, anthropology, ethnology, and related social sciences, art, and humanities. Psychohistorians examine the "why's" of history, utilizing the bottom-up approach rather than starting with psychological theories. They combine the insights of psychodynamic psychology, especially psychoanalysis, with the research methodology of the social sciences and humanities, to understand the emotional origin of the behavior of individuals, groups and nations, past and p
social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
indirect effects of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on economy and society
gender history
sub-field of history and gender studies
cliodynamics
Cliodynamics () is a transdisciplinary area of research that integrates cultural evolution, economic history/cliometrics, macrosociology, the mathematical modeling of historical processes during the longue durée, and the construction and analysis of historical databases.
Charter of Amiens
charter adopted by the CGT
Social history of viruses
Influence of viruses and viral infections on human history
history of prostitution
aspect of history
military democracy
war-based society that practices democracy
history of the family
aspect of history
history of nudity
Aspect of history

Alltagsgeschichte
Alltagsgeschichte (German; and sometimes translated as 'history of everyday life') is a form of social history that emerged among West German historians in the 1980s. It was founded by Alf Lüdtke (1943–2019) and Hans Medick (born 1939). Alltagsgeschichte can be considered part of the wider Marxian historical school of 'history from below'. It challenged the well-known framework of '''' ('history of structures'), within the German historical field and advocated for a new model of social history. It is related to microhistory.

indigenization
thumb|Poster in the Ukrainian language about the beginning of the indigenization policy (Korenizatsiya in Russian, meaning "indigenization", literally "putting down roots") in [[Soviet Ukraine (see: Ukrainization). The text translates to: "Son! Enroll in the , and the defense of Soviet Ukraine will be ensured." First published in the USSR in 1921.]]
Indigenization is the act of making something more indigenous; transformation of some service, idea, etc. to suit a local culture, especially through the use of more indigenous people in public administration, employment and other fields.
villein
A villein is a class of serf tied to the land under the feudal system. As part of the contract with the lord of the manor, they were expected to spend some of their time working on the lord's fields in return for land. Villeins existed under a number of legal restrictions that differentiated them from freemen, and could not leave without his lord's permission. Generally, villeins held their status not by birth but by the land they held, and it was also possible for them to gain manumission from their lords. The villeinage system largely died out in England in 1500, with some forms of villeinag
Bildungsbürgertum
thumb|The class defined itself more on the basis of education than material possessions and thus great emphasis was laid upon the education of children.
history of childhood
aspect of history
history of rape
history of sexual assault
effects of the car on societies
positive and negative impacts of cars on society
history of fertilizer
aspect of history
Landstände
The Landstände (singular Landstand) or Landtage (singular Landtag) were the various territorial estates or diets in the Holy Roman Empire in the Middle Ages and the early modern period, as opposed to their respective territorial lords (the Landesherrn).

rural history
field of study focusing on the history of societies in rural areas
reduction of working hours
labor history
study of labour relations and workers' social movements
lady's companion
woman of genteel birth who lives with a woman of rank or wealth as retainer