{"product_id":"rural-society-and-the-search-for-order-in-early-modern-germany-paperback-9780521526876","title":"Rural Society and the Search for Order in Early Modern Germany (Paperback) 9780521526876","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRural Society and the Search for Order in Early Modern Germany\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA probing study of German village life between the early Reformation and the Thirty Years' War.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThomas Robisheaux (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521526876, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 25 July 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e316 pages\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.4 x 2 cm, 0.554 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Thomas Robisheaux provides a welcome addition to the growing body of literature on what has until very recently been a rather neglected period of German history--that between the the Peace of Augsburg and the Thirty Years' War.  His meticulously researched and gracefully written book examines rural life in the small patrimonial estate of Hohenlohe in southwest Germany from roughly 1500 to 1680, with special emphasis on the period 1550 to 1620.  Using an enviable variety of sources, Robisheaux both tests the theories of other historians regarding peasants and other rural groups and develops his own.  The author uses a good blend of statistics, narrative, and analysis, and includes a chapter-by-chapter bibliographic essay rather than a standard bibliography.\"   Merry E. Wiesner, The Sixteenth Century Journal\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFor the rural societies of Germany the early sixteenth century was a time of massive upheavals. In this probing study of village life, based upon rich manuscript sources from the old County of Hohenlohe, Thomas Robisheaux seeks to understand how petty German princes, Lutheran pastors, and villagers struggled to create order out of their confusing world. The Hohenlohe region experienced all of the turmoil associated with the sixteenth century, including a peasant near-rising in 1600, the brutal effects of the wage-price scissors, chronic shortages of land, famines, impoverishment, and the destructive cycles of war. By using concepts borrowed from anthropology, Professor Robisheaux looks for the way social hierarchy and discipline countered the disruptive changes of the age. The years between 1550 and 1620 saw new sources of stability and order created in the family; through systematized customs of inheritance; through market relationships; and in the practice of state power within the village.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations and tables\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e A note on usages\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Agrarian Expansion, Revolt and the Decay of Community: 1. Anatomy of a rural society\u003cbr\u003e 2. Peasants' war and reformation\u003cbr\u003e 3. Rich and poor\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Search for Order: 4. Reformation, patriarchy and marital discipline\u003cbr\u003e 5. Defending the patrimony\u003cbr\u003e 6. The unchristian economy\u003cbr\u003e 7. Threat of revolt\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Crisis and Recovery: 8. Crisis\u003cbr\u003e 9. Agrarian order restored\u003cbr\u003e 10. Village society and the practice of state power\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e Manuscript sources\u003cbr\u003e Bibliographical essay\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20modern%20history:%20c%201450\/1500%20to%20c%201700%20%5BHBLH%5D%22\"\u003eHBLH\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46019779559704,"sku":"9780521526876","price":37.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521526876i_e38fb72e-9aca-4f78-b5a1-cad5e87e71c4.jpg?v=1691368922","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/rural-society-and-the-search-for-order-in-early-modern-germany-paperback-9780521526876","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}