Villagers and Lords in Eastern Europe, 1300 - 1800
| Titel: | Villagers and Lords in Eastern Europe, 1300 - 1800 / Markus Cerman |
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| Veröffentlicht: | Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012 |
| Umfang: | XVII, 155 S. : Kt. |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Schriftenreihe/ mehrbändiges Werk: |
Studies in European history |
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| ISBN: | 0230004601 ; 9780230004603 |
| Hinweise zum Inhalt: |
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Cover |
X
- List of Tables
- p. ix
- Editors' Preface
- p. xi
- Acknowledgements
- p. xii
- Glossary
- p. xiv
- Map
- p. xvii
- 1
- Understanding Demesne Lordship
- p. 1
- i
- Introduction
- p. 1
- ii
- The Historiography of Demesne Lordship
- p. 1
- iii
- Criticising Demesne Lordship and Agrarian Dualism
- p. 5
- iv
- Sources
- p. 7
- 2
- The Myth of a Second Serfdom
- p. 10
- i
- Introduction
- p. 10
- ii
- The Meaning of Serfdom and Subjection
- p. 11
- iii
- Regional Realities
- p. 13
- iv
- Subjection in Demesne Lordship
- p. 22
- v
- The View from Below
- p. 33
- vi
- Conclusions
- p. 38
- 3
- Explaining the Rise of Demesne Lordship and the Demesne Economy
- p. 40
- i
- Introduction
- p. 40
- ii
- Explaining the Establishment of Demesne Lordship
- p. 40
- iii
- Market and Export Demand
- p. 43
- iv
- The Consequences of the Thirty Years' War
- p. 48
- v
- Medieval Continuities
- p. 52
- vi
- Conclusions
- p. 56
- 4
- A Fresh Characterisation of the Demesne Economic System
- p. 58
- i
- Introduction
- p. 58
- ii
- The Myth of the Expropriation of Tenant Farmers
- p. 58
- iii
- The Expansion and Extent of Demesne Farming
- p. 61
- iv
- Labour Rents
- p. 70
- v
- Seignorial Monopolies, Breweries and Distilleries
- p. 87
- vi
- The Economic Fortunes of the Demesne Economy
- p. 88
- vii
- Conclusions
- p. 92
- 5
- A General Backwardness?
- p. 94
- i
- Introduction
- p. 94
- ii
- The Economic Consequences of Demesne Lordship
- p. 95
- iii
- Villagers' Living Standards
- p. 111
- iv
- Rural Social Structure
- p. 124
- v
- Conclusions
- p. 128
- 6
- Towards a New Assessment
- p. 130
- Bibliography
- p. 136
- Index
- p. 149
