The communal age in Western Europe, c.1100-1800
towns, villages and parishes in pre-modern society
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Word Count
38,500 words, Guess
Page Count
154 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL31057319M
- ISBN-139780230536852
- ISBN-100230536859
- OCLC Control Number841672010
- Library of Congress Control Number2012537584
Classifications
- DDC307.094
- LCCHN373 .K86 2013
Description
"The Communal Age in Western Europe, c. 1100-1800 offers a fresh interpretation of the significance of towns, villages and parishes in the medieval and early modern period. Drawing on a wide range of primary and secondary sources from numerous regions, Beat Kümin: explains how local communities empowered common people through collective agency and a degree of local autonomy ; demonstrates how communal units impacted on key historical developments, from the Reformation to state formation ; provides case studies of the Italian city, the English parish and the village in the Holy Roman Empire ; surveys communal origins, constitutions and cultural representations, as well as contested issues such as gender roles and inner tensions ; evaluates related historiographical debates on communalism and republicanism. Informed by a genuinely comparative and integrated approach, this original volume offers an excellent introduction to European history 'from below', and to the fundamental building blocks of European society."--Publisher's website.
Subjects
Series Statement
- Studies in European history series
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