Beyond Lords and Peasants
Rural Elites and Economic Differentiation in Pre-Modern Europe
Nonfiction, History
| Author: | VV.AA. | ISBN: | 9788437092621 |
| Publisher: | U. Valencia | Publication: | January 1, 2014 |
| Imprint: | U. Valencia | Language: | English |
| Author: | VV.AA. |
| ISBN: | 9788437092621 |
| Publisher: | U. Valencia |
| Publication: | January 1, 2014 |
| Imprint: | U. Valencia |
| Language: | English |
The present volume explores the process of economic stratification within the rural societies in the Middle Ages and in the Pre-modern period, paying special attention to the leading sectors of the community. Established experts and younger scholars in the field examine the rural elites and its relation with the emergence of agrarian capitalism through different observatories ranging across European regions, from Wiltshire (England), the County of Flanders and the Duchy of Brabant (Low Countries) to the Kingdom of Valencia (Crown of Aragon).
The present volume explores the process of economic stratification within the rural societies in the Middle Ages and in the Pre-modern period, paying special attention to the leading sectors of the community. Established experts and younger scholars in the field examine the rural elites and its relation with the emergence of agrarian capitalism through different observatories ranging across European regions, from Wiltshire (England), the County of Flanders and the Duchy of Brabant (Low Countries) to the Kingdom of Valencia (Crown of Aragon).
