num_pages: 712
description: This book is about ordinary villagers and landlords (Junkers) in the Prussian-German countryside, from the late middle ages to the nineteenth century. It is distinguished by its concentration on first-person testimony, and focus on the lives and fortunes of ordinary people during the era of the rise of capitalism and the modern state. The book is a major contribution to fundamental debates in German history on the origins of modern political authoritarianism.
language: English
title: Ordinary Prussians: Brandenburg Junkers and Villagers, 1500-1840
titlecomplete: Ordinary Prussians: Brandenburg Junkers and Villagers, 1500-1840 (New Studies in European History)
genres: Nonfiction, History
ratings_count: 7
series: New Studies in European History
publisher: Cambridge University Press