Abstract

This woodcut depicts common rural tasks, such as mending fences, building boats, tending livestock, baking, and blacksmithing.

Rural Tasks (1502)

Source

Source: Work and life of the peasants around 1500. Woodcut from the Vergil edition by Sebastian Brant, Strasbourg 1502.
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Recommended Citation

Rural Tasks (1502), published in: German History in Documents and Images, <https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/from-the-reformations-to-the-thirty-years-war-1500-1648/ghdi:image-3292> [April 22, 2025].

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