Peasants, Lords, and State: Comparing Peasant Conditions in Scandinavia and the Eastern Alpine Region, 1000-1750 (Northern World)

Description

Peasants, Lords, and State: Comparing Peasant Conditions in Scandinavia and the Eastern Alpine Region, 1000-1750 compares peasant self-determination in relation to manorial and territorial power structures in Scandinavia and the eastern Alpine region between 1000 and 1750. Peasants, Lords, and State: Comparing Peasant Conditions in Scandinavia and the Eastern Alpine Region, 1000–1750 Copyright Contents Preface Acknowledgements List of Figures Notes on Contributors Part 1: Introduction 1 Historiographical and Methodological Reflections Part 2: Comparing Scandinavia and the Eastern Alpine Region 2 Slavery and Unfreedom from the Middle Ages to the Beginning of the Early Modern Period 3 Leasehold and Freehold c. 1200-1750 4 Peasant Participation in Thing and Local Assemblies c. 1000-1750 5 Summary and Conclusion Part 3: The Portrayal of Peasants in National Historiography 6 The Historian as Architect of Nations: A Historiographical Analysis of the Norwegian Peasantry as Carrier of National Ideology and Identity in the Medieval and Early Modern Period 7 The Participation of the Tyrolean Peasantry in the Government of the Country: Theory - Reality - Ideology 8 Peasant Ideology in German Historiography 9 Switzerland - A 'Peasant State'? Part 4: Appendix The Sub-peasant Strata in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Eastern Alpine Region Active Manorial Lords and Peasant Farmers in the Economic Life of the Late Middle Ages: Results from New Swiss and German Research Glossary Bibliography Index