{"product_id":"peasants-lords-and-state-comparing-peasant-conditions-in-scandinavia-and-the-eastern-alpine-region-1000-1750-9789004429703","title":"Peasants, Lords, and State: Comparing Peasant Conditions in Scandinavia and the Eastern Alpine Region, 1000-1750","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeasants, Lords and State: Comparing Peasant Conditions in Scandinavia and the Eastern Alpine Region, 1000-1750 challenges the once widespread view, rooted in the historical thinking of the nineteenth century, that Scandinavian and especially Norwegian peasants enjoyed a particular “peasant freedom” compared to their Continental counterparts. Markers of this supposed freedom were believed to be peasants’  widespread ownership of land, extensive control over land and resources, and comprehensive judicial influence through the institution of the thing. The existence of slaves and unfree people was furthermore considered a marginal phenomenon.  The contributors compare Scandinavia with the eastern Alpine region, two regions comprising fertile plains as well as rugged mountainous areas. This offers an opportunity to analyse the effect of topographical factors without neglecting the influence of manorial and territorial power structures over the long time-span of c.1000 to 1750.  With contributions by Markus Cerman, Tore Iversen, Michael Mitterauer, John Ragnar Myking, Josef Riedmann, Werner Rösener, Helge Salvesen, and Stefan Sonderegger.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Preface    Acknowledgements    List of Figures    Notes on Contributors      Part 1: Introduction    1 Historiographical and Methodological Reflections     Tore Iversen and John Ragnar Myking      Part 2: Comparing Scandinavia and the Eastern Alpine Region    2 Slavery and Unfreedom from the Middle Ages to the Beginning of the Early Modern Period     Tore Iversen    3 Leasehold and Freehold c. 1200–1750     John Ragnar Myking    4 Peasant Participation in Thing and Local Assemblies c. 1000–1750     Tore Iversen and John Ragnar Myking    5 Summary and Conclusion     Tore Iversen and John Ragnar Myking      Part 3: The Portrayal of Peasants in National Historiography    6 The Historian as Architect of Nations: A Historiographical Analysis of the Norwegian Peasantry as Carrier of National Ideology and Identity in the Medieval and Early Modern Period     Helge Salvesen    7 The Participation of the Tyrolean Peasantry in the Government of the Country: Theory – Reality – Ideology     Josef Riedmann    8 Peasant Ideology in German Historiography     Werner Rösener    9 Switzerland – A ‘Peasant State’?     Stefan Sonderegger      Part 4: Appendix    The Sub-peasant Strata in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Eastern Alpine Region     Markus Cerman and Michael Mitterauer    Active Manorial Lords and Peasant Farmers in the Economic Life of the Late Middle Ages: Results from New Swiss and German Research     Stefan Sonderegger      Glossary    Bibliography    Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210799833431,"sku":"9789004429703","price":124.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/peasants-lords-and-state-comparing-peasant-conditions-in-scandinavia-and-the-eastern-alpine-region-1000-1750-9789004429703","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}