The peasantries of Europe : from the fourteenth to the eighteenth centuries

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The peasantries of Europe : from the fourteenth to the eighteenth centuries

edited by Tom Scott

Longman, 1998

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  • : hbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780582101319

Description

This ambitious survey offers a guide to the different peasant societies and economies in Europe from the later Middle Ages through to industrialization. Eleven regional chapters investigate key themes including patterns of lordship and dependence; standards of living; and the role of the peasantry in politics. Throughout the text emphasisises the diversities of peasant society across the whole of Europe - from England to the Ottoman lands, and from Scandinavia and Russia to Iberia.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Defining European Peasantries. 2. The Peasantries of France. 3. The Peasantries of Iberia. 4. The Peasantries of Italy. 5. The Peasantries of Western Germany. 6. Village Life in East-Elbian Germany and Poland 1400-1800. 7. Peasantries under the Austrian Empire from the 14th to the 18th Centuries. 8. The Russian Peasantries 1450-1860. 9. The Ottoman Peasantries 1453-1858/67. 10. The Peasantries of Scandinavia. 11. The Peasantries of England. 12. Conclusion: The Historical Geography of European Peasantries 1400-1800. Index.
Volume

: hbk ISBN 9780582101326

Description

This study offers a parallel guide to the types of peasant economy and society throughout Europe from the late-medieval agrarian crisis to the dawn of industrialization. The treatment is regional rather than "national" and it is as much concerned to explore the diversities of peasant society as to reveal general stereotypes. Eleven regional chapters (flanked by introductory and concluding chapters) cross Europe from France to the Ottoman lands, and from Iberia to Scandinavia and Russia to investigate peasant economy, society, standards of living, patterns of lordship and dependancy, and the role of peasantry in politics. The contributors include W.W. Hagen, Edgar Melton, Hermann Rebel, Thomas Robisheaux and Richard M. Smith.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction - defining European peasantries, Tom Scott. The peasantries of France, Jonathan Dewald and Liana Vardi
  • the peasantries of Iberia, Teofilo F. Ruiz
  • the peasantries of Italy, S.R. Epstein
  • the peasantries of Western Germany, Thomas Robisheaux
  • village life in East-Elbian Germany and Poland, 1400-1800, William W. Hagen
  • peasantries under the Austrian Empire from the 14th to the 18th centuries, Hermann Rebel
  • the Russian peasantries, 1450-1860, Edgar Melton
  • the Ottoman peasantries, 1453-1858/67, Fikret Adanir
  • the peasants of Scandinavia, David Gaunt
  • the peasantries of England, Richard M. Smith. Conclusion - the historical geography of European peasantries, 1400-1800, John Langton.

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