A social history of Western Europe 1450-1720 : tensions and solidarities among rural people
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A social history of Western Europe 1450-1720 : tensions and solidarities among rural people
（Routledge library editions, . Rural history ; v. 15）
Routledge, 2018, c1984
- : hbk
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"First published in 1984 by Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. This edition first published in 2018 by Routledge"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN for subseries "Rural history": 9781138894815
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This thoroughly readable and stimulating social history of Western Europe, first published in 1984, explores the family, religion and the supernatural, and the social structure and social controls of rural society. This title will be of interest not only to students, but to anyone who is anxious to understand the lives - both internal and external - of rural people in his fascinating period that is so central to everyone's past.
Table of Contents
- List of Tables, Maps and Illustrations
- Introduction
- 1. An Overview 2. The Family, the Passions and Social Controls 3. The Structures of Rural Society 4. Contrasts in Rural Europe 5. The Supernatural and the Rural World 6. The Wider Circles of Sociability
- Selected Further Reading
- Index
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