Social History of Western Europe, 1450-1720 - Tensions and Solidarities Among Rural People

This thoroughly readable and stimulating social history of Western Europe, first published in 1984, explores the family, religion and the supernatural, and the social structure and social controls of rural society.

List of contents

List of Tables, Maps and Illustrations; Introduction; 1. An Overview 2. The Family, the Passions and Social Controls 3. The Structures of Rural Society 4. Contrasts in Rural Europe 5. The Supernatural and the Rural World 6. The Wider Circles of Sociability; Selected Further Reading; Index

About the author

Watts, Sheldon J.

Summary

This thoroughly readable and stimulating social history of Western Europe, first published in 1984, explores the family, religion and the supernatural, and the social structure and social controls of rural society. This title will be of interest not only to students, but to anyone who is anxious to understand the lives – both internal and external – of rural people in his fascinating period that is so central to everyone’s past.

Product details

• Authors: Sheldon J Watts, Sheldon J. Watts, Watts Sheldon J.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138744936
• ISBN: 978-1-138-74493-6
• No. of pages: 284
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Rural History; Routledge Library Editions: Rural History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; European History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Western, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural, Rural communities, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Western Europe, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700, Western Continental Europe