ISBN:
9781108766487
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xi, 235 Seiten)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Faith, Rosamond, 1935 - The moral economy of the countryside
DDC:
305.5/6330942
Keywords:
Peasants History To 1500
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Feudalism History To 1500
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Social values History To 1500
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Peasants ; England ; History ; To 1500
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Feudalism ; England ; History ; To 1500
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Social values ; England ; History ; To 1500
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Great Britain ; History ; Anglo-Saxon period, 499-1066
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Great Britain ; History ; Norman period, 1066-1154
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Great Britain History Anglo-Saxon period, 499-1066
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Great Britain History Norman period, 1066-1154
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England
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Ländlicher Raum
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Wirtschaft
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Wert
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Geschichte 499-1154
Abstract:
How were manorial lords in the twelfth and thirteenth century able to appropriate peasant labour? And what does this reveal about the changing attitudes and values of medieval England? Considering these questions from the perspective of the 'moral economy', the web of shared values within a society, Rosamond Faith offers a penetrating portrait of a changing world. Anglo-Saxon lords were powerful in many ways but their power did not stem directly from their ownership of land. The values of early medieval England - principally those of rank, reciprocity and worth - were shared across society. The Norman Conquest brought in new attitudes both to land and to the relationship between lords and peasants, and the Domesday Book conveyed the novel concept of 'tenure'. The new 'feudal thinking' permeated all relationships concerned with land: peasant farmers were now manorial tenants, owing labour and rent. Many people looked back to better days.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 25 Oct 2019)
DOI:
10.1017/9781108766487
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108766487
URL:
http://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781108766487/type/BOOK
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