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.

Table des matières

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

A propos de l'auteur

Watts, Sheldon J.

Résumé

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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Sheldon J Watts, Sheldon J. Watts, Watts Sheldon J.
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138744936
• ISBN: 978-1-138-74493-6
• Pages: 284
• Thèmes: Routledge Library Editions: Rural History; Routledge Library Editions: Rural History
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire; 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