1st Edition
A Social History of Western Europe, 1450-1720 Tensions and Solidarities among Rural People
By Sheldon J. Watts
Copyright 1984
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
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
Biography
Watts, Sheldon J.
