Rural Society and the Search for Order in Early Modern Germany
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 25, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 313
ISBN-13: 9780521526876
Subjects: European history: c 1500 to c 1750; Social history; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; History: World; History; History - General History; Germany; Europe - General; Sociology - Rural; History / Europe / General; Langenburg Region (Germany)--Social condition; Langenburg Region (Germany)--Social conditions; Social Science-Sociology - Rural
First sentence: Two days after leaving the imperial city of Frankfurt am Main, just south of the town of Mergentheim a traveler on his way to Augsburg entered one of the most remote rural areas of Renaissance Germany.