The Rural History of Medieval European Societies: Trends and Perspectives (The Medieval Countryside) (The Medieval Countryside)

This collection gathers a number of scholars to reflect on recent developments in medieval rural history in their respective countries. Each individual contribution surveys recent areas of research, significant results, as well as perspectives for the future. This is meant not only to provide a deeper insight into how medieval rural studies relate to current debates in the social sciences, but also to help understand the connections between specific national historiographic traditions and present-day research issues in their historical context. By comparing different European regions one can see more clearly the similarities and the differences and this is a truer means of constructing syntheses and for identifying fruitful future lines of research. This Collection Gathers Together A Range Of Scholars Who Reflect On Recent Historiographical Developments In Medieval Rural History Within Their Respective Countries. Each Contribution Provides A Survey Of A Recent Area Of Research, As Well As Documenting Its Significant Results, And Offering Perspectives For Future Investigations. This International Approach Not Only Provides A Deeper Insight Into How Medieval Rural Studies Relates To Current Debates In The Social Sciences, But It Also Highlights The Connections Between Specific National Historical Traditions And Present-day Research Issues In Their Historical Contexts. By Comparing Different European Regions It Is Possible To See More Clearly The Similarities And The Differences Which Lie Between Them; This Volume Therefore Constitutes A Truer Means Of Constructing Syntheses And For Identifying Fruitful Lines Of Future Research.--jacket. Comparing National Historiographies Of The Medieval Countryside : An Introduction / Isabel Alfonso -- Recent Work On The Agrarian History Of Medieval Britain / Christopher C. Dyer And Phillipp R. Schofield -- Recent Trends In The Rural History Of Medieval France / Benoit Cursente -- The Historiography Of Medieval Society In Rural Spain / Jose Angel Garcia De Cortazar And Pascual Martinez Sopena -- Forty Years Of Rural History For The Italian Middle Ages / Luigi Provero -- The Medieval Countryside In German-language Historiography Since The 1930s / Julien Demade -- Medieval Peasants And Their World In Polish Historiography / Piotr Gorecki. Edited By Isabel Alfonso. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Acknowledgements vii Comparing National Historiographies of the Medieval Countryside: An Introduction / ISABEL ALFONSO 1 Recent Work on the Agrarian History of Medieval Britain / CHRISTOPHER C. DYER AND PHILLIPP R. SCHOFIELD 21 Recent Trends in the Rural History of Medieval France / BENOÎT CURSENTE 57 The Historiography of Medieval Society in Rural Spain / JOSÉ ÁNGEL GARCÍA DE CORTÁZAR AND PASCUAL MARTÍNEZ SOPENA 93 Forty Years of Rural History for the Italian Middle Ages / LUIGI PROVERO 141 The Medieval Countryside in German-language Historiography since the 1930s / JULIEN DEMADE 173 Medieval Peasants and their World in Polish Historiography / PIOTR GÓRECKI 253 Contributors 297 Indexes 301