Word: townsman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...planes come by, they look at us, but they let us keep working. Now they don't bomb in the town, only outside it." That may be a small achievement, but it presents a ray of hope for many Salvadorans. "We don't need bombs or projectiles," says one townsman."We just want to be left alone. We hate this damned...
Fury over finances and helplessness in the face of roving brigands compelled peasant and townsman alike to form "leagues" to advance their common purposes. Armorers did a brisk business in swords, helmets and arquebuses, forerunners of the musket. In February 1579 the drapers of Romans paraded with weapons and elected a burly colleague, Paumier, as their festival chief. He also became the factional leader of angry craftsmen, tradesmen and plowmen. Soon there were two governments in Romans: Paumier and his followers had seized control of the city gates, a vital link to leaguers in the countryside. By the latter part...