ISBN:
9781137265616
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (174 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
Studies in European History Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.3650947
Keywords:
Serfdom--Europe, Eastern
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Abstract:
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Abstract:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Editors' Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary -- Map -- 1 Understanding Demesne Lordship -- [i] Introduction -- [ii] The Historiography of Demesne Lordship -- [iii] Criticising Demesne Lordship and Agrarian Dualism -- [iv] Sources -- 2 The Myth of a Second Serfdom -- [i] Introduction -- [ii] The Meaning of Serfdom and Subjection -- [iii] Regional Realities -- [iv] Subjection in Demesne Lordship -- [v] The View from Below -- [vi] Conclusions -- 3 Explaining the Rise of Demesne Lordship and the Demesne Economy -- [i] Introduction -- [ii] Explaining the Establishment of Demesne Lordship -- [iii] Market and Export Demand -- [iv] The Consequences of the Thirty Years' War -- [v] Medieval Continuities -- [vi] Conclusions -- 4 A Fresh Characterisation of the Demesne Economic System -- [i] Introduction -- [ii] The Myth of the Expropriation of Tenant Farmers -- [iii] The Expansion and Extent of Demesne Farming -- [iv] Labour Rents -- [v] Seignorial Monopolies, Breweries and Distilleries -- [vi] The Economic Fortunes of the Demesne Economy -- [vii] Conclusions -- 5 A General Backwardness? -- [i] Introduction -- [ii] The Economic Consequences of Demesne Lordship -- [iii] Villagers' Living Standards -- [iv] Rural Social Structure -- [v] Conclusions -- 6 Towards a New Assessment -- Bibliography -- Index.
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