The peasantries of Europe : from the fourteenth to the eighteenth centuries

Introduction / Tom Scott -- Peasantries Of France, 1400-1789 / Jonathan Dewald, Liana Vardi -- Peasantries Of Iberia, 1400-1800 / Teófilo F. Ruiz -- Peasantries Of Italy, 1350-1750 / S.r. Epstein -- Peasantries Of Western Germany, 1300-1750 / Thomas Robisheaux -- Village Life In East-elbian Germany And Poland, 1400-1800 / William W. Hagen -- Peasantries Under The Austrian Empire, 1300-1800 / Hermann Rebel -- Russian Peasantries, 1450-1860 / Edgar Melton -- Ottoman Peasantries, C.1360-c.1860 / Fikret Adanir -- Peasants Of Scandinavia, 1300-1700 / David Gaunt -- English Peasantry, 1250-1650 / Richard M. Smith -- Conclusion: The Historical Geography Of European Peasantries, 1400-1800 / John Langton. Edited By Tom Scott. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The Peasantries of Europe is a comparative examination of the types of peasant economies and societies throughout Europe from the late medieval agrarian crisis to the dawn of industrialization. Unlike traditional studies, which have taken a sociological approach, this volume looks at how European peasants have evolved through history as a social group and emphasizes the diversities of peasant society both between and within the regions of Europe examined -- from France to the Ottoman lands and from Iberia to Scandinavia and Russia.