Villagers and lords in Eastern Europe, 1300-1800 /

This new study provides an up-to-date survey of social and economic developments in early modern Eastern European rural societies. Markus Cerman revises the traditional images of mighty lords and poor, powerless 'serf peasants,' discussing the theories which led to the assumption that serf...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Cerman, Markus
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Series:	Studies in European history (Basingstoke, England)
Subjects:	Serfdom > Europe, Eastern. Europe, Eastern > Economic conditions. Europe, Eastern > Social conditions. Europe, Eastern > Civilization.

Table of Contents:

List of tables
Note on references
Series editors' preface
Acknowledgements
Glossary
Map
Understanding 'demesne lordship'
The myth of a 'second serfdom'
Explaining the rise of demesne lordship and of the demesne economy
A characterization of the economic system
A general backwardness?
Towards a new assessment
Bibliography
Index.