Peasant and Community in Medieval England, 1200-1500 [electronic resource].
Schofield, Phillipp R.
Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan,
2002.
In recent years, work on the medieval English peasant has tended to stress the degree of interaction between the village and the world beyond its bounds.  This book not only provides an overview of this research, but also develops this approach.  Phillipp R. Schofield describes the traditional world of the peasant - with attention given to such issues as relations between lord and tenant, and the nature of the peasant family - and places the peasantry of the late middle ages within the wider political, legal, ecclesiastical and commercial world of the medieval community.
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Peasant and Community; Part I: Land; 2 Land: Tenure, Landholding and Rent; 3 Determinants of Peasant Landholding; 4 The Transfer of Peasant Land; Part II: Family; 5 Family, Household and Kin; 6 Peasant Marriage and Household Formation: Issues and Influences; Part III: Worlds Beyond: Market, Crown and Church; 7 Peasants and the Market; 8 Peasants and Politics; 9 Peasants and Religion; 10 Conclusion; Notes; Further Reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
In recent years, work on the medieval English peasant has tended to stress the degree of interaction between the village and the world beyond its bounds.  This book not only provides an overview of this research, but also develops this approach.  Phillipp R. Schofield describes the traditional world of the peasant - with attention given to such issues as relations between lord and tenant, and the nature of the peasant family - and places the peasantry of the late middle ages within the wider political, legal, ecclesiastical and commercial world of the medieval community.
England.
History.
Peasantry.
Peasantry.
Peasants.
To 1500.