The Peasants of Ottobeuren, 1487-1726 A Rural Society in Early Modern Europe |
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| Author:
| Sreenivasan, Govind P. |
| Series title: | Past and Present Publications |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-83470-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2004 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $175.95 |
Book Description:
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This is the most detailed reconstruction to date of peasant society in early modern Germany, focusing on the lands of the Benedictine monastery of Ottobeuren. Based on a mass of archival data, the book argues that the German rural economy performed much better than has previously been believed. The Ottobeuren peasantry generated large agricultural surpluses, became progressively more active in land and credit markets, and traded in ever wider circuits of commerce. Peasant society is...
More DescriptionThis is the most detailed reconstruction to date of peasant society in early modern Germany, focusing on the lands of the Benedictine monastery of Ottobeuren. Based on a mass of archival data, the book argues that the German rural economy performed much better than has previously been believed. The Ottobeuren peasantry generated large agricultural surpluses, became progressively more active in land and credit markets, and traded in ever wider circuits of commerce. Peasant society is shown therefore to have been stable economically, and surprisingly resilient to war, plague and famine.