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Forms of servitude in Northern and Central Europe : decline, resistance, and expansion / edited by Paul Freedman and Monique Bourin.

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Forms of servitude in Northern and Central Europe : decline, resistance, and expansion / edited by Paul Freedman and Monique Bourin.
Publication
Turnhout : Brepols, 2005.

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Additional Authors
  • Freedman, Paul, 1949-
  • Bourin, Monique, 1944-
Description
x, 449 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Summary
"In the Middle Ages and indeed in all pre-industrial societies, the vast majority of the population tilled the land. We are still not in a good position to evaluate how noble and ecclesiastical landlords received revenues from lands they were only indirectly engaged in farming, despite this being a basic factor that governed medieval society. What kind of agricultural system provided the impetus for economic growth that so dramatically increased the number of cities and volume of trade?" "There is no modern, synthetic book on medieval serfdom that compares regions or draws general conclusions about it. This work attempts such a synthesis and also shows avenues of future research, but most importantly it is intended to reorient attention to the importance of serfdom in the structure of medieval society." --Book Jacket.
Series Statement
Medieval texts and cultures of Northern Europe ; 9
Uniform Title
Medieval texts and cultures of Northern Europe 9.
Subject
  • Geschichte 1200-1600
  • To 1599
  • Serfdom > Europe > Congresses
  • Peasants > Europe > Congresses
  • Land tenure > Europe > History > To 1500 > Congresses
  • Land tenure > Europe > History > 16th century > Congresses
  • Serfdom > Germany > Congresses
  • Peasants > Germany > Congresses
  • Land tenure > Germany > History > Congresses
Genre/Form
  • Conference papers and proceedings
  • History
  • Conference papers and proceedings.
Note
  • Selected conference papers.
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language (note)
  • Text in English, French and German.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
2503516947 (hbk.)
OCLC
  • 62265952
  • SCSB-12356037
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library