Peasant Life in the Medieval West

Peasant Life in the Medieval West
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Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Total Pages : 228
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ISBN-10 : 0631143637
ISBN-13 : 9780631143635
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Download or read book Peasant Life in the Medieval West written by Robert Fossier and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1988 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a history of peasant society in Europe from around 900 to the mid-fourteenth century. Robert Fossier, one of Europe's leading historians of the subject, provides a vivid and detailed picture of the daily life of the peasants, discussing, for example, the food they cultivated and ate, the houses and villages in which they lived, their taboos and customs. In particular, he considers the peasants' relationship to the rural landscape, which they grazed and tilled, and to their lords, who controlled the land. He describes the critical role women played in the medieval economy and society. Professor Fossier focuses, to, on the peasant as an individual within the rural community, exploring changes in their legal and economic status, family relationships and structures, and inheritance customs.


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