The peasants of Ottobeuren, 1487-1726 : a rural society in early modern Europe

The peasants of Ottobeuren, 1487-1726 : a rural society in early modern Europe / Govind P. Sreenivasan.

The most detailed reconstruction to date of peasant society in early modern Germany, focusing on the lands of the Benedictine monastery of Ottobeuren. Based on a mass of archival data, the book argues that the German rural economy performed much better than has previously been believed.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sreenivasan, Govind P.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Series:Past and present publications.
Subjects:
Peasants > Germany > Ottobeuren > History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Peasants
Rural conditions
Boeren.
Sociale verandering.
Economische groei.
Abtei Ottobeuren.
Ottobeuren (Germany) > Rural conditions.
Germany > Ottobeuren
Electronic book.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Maps; Tables; Acknowledgements; Note on weights, measures, and currencies; Introduction; 1. Right and might (c. 1480-c. 1560); 2. The discrete society (c. 1480-c. 1560); 3. A crisis of numbers? (c. 1560-c. 1630); 4. Integrity and the market (c. 1560-c. 1630); 5. Living on borrowed time (c. 1560-c. 1630); 6. To empty and to refill (c. 1630-c. 1720); Conclusion; Bibliography; Index of places; General index.

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