{"product_id":"the-peasants-of-ottobeuren-1487-1726-a-rural-society-in-early-modern-europe-hardback-9780521834704","title":"The Peasants of Ottobeuren, 1487–1726; A Rural Society in Early Modern Europe (Hardback) 9780521834704","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Peasants of Ottobeuren, 1487–1726\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Rural Society in Early Modern Europe\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA detailed reconstruction of the peasant society of the Benedictine monastery of Ottobeuren.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGovind P. Sreenivasan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521834704, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 7 June 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e410 pages, 2 maps\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16 x 3.2 cm, 0.77 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'… enormously rich and detailed … an incisive and compelling analysis of the rapidly increasing commercialization of the rural economy in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.' German History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Peasants of Ottobeuren offers an interesting perspective on one of the enduring problems of early modern European history: the possibilities for economic growth and social change in rural society. Based on the voluminous records of the Swabian Benedictine monastery of Ottobeuren, this study underscores the limitations of the traditional narrative of a sixteenth-century boom which foundered on the productive rigidities of the peasant economy and then degenerated into social crisis in the seventeenth century. Population growth did strain resources at Ottobeuren, but the peasantry continued to produce substantial agricultural surplus. More importantly, peasants reacted to demographic pressure by deepening their involvement in land and credit markets, and more widely and aggressively marketing the fruits of their labour. Marriage and inheritance underwent a similar process of commercialization which made heavy demands on the peasantry, but which maintained a degree of social stability through the devastations of war, plague and famine.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of figures\u003cbr\u003e List of maps\u003cbr\u003e List of tables\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Note on weights, measures and currencies\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Right and might (c.1480–c.1560)\u003cbr\u003e 2. The discrete society (c.1480–c.1560)\u003cbr\u003e 3. A crisis of numbers? (c.1560–c.1630)\u003cbr\u003e 4. Integrity and the market (c.1560–c.1630)\u003cbr\u003e 5. Living on borrowed time (c.1560–c.1630)\u003cbr\u003e 6. To empty and to refill (c.1630–c.1720)\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index of places\u003cbr\u003e General index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Economic history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economic history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economic%20history%20%5BKCZ%5D%22\"\u003eKCZ\u003c\/a\u003e], Sociology: work \u0026amp; labour [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology: work \u0026amp; labour\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology:%20work%20\u0026amp;%20labour%20%5BJHBL%5D%22\"\u003eJHBL\u003c\/a\u003e], Population \u0026amp; demography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Population \u0026amp; demography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Population%20\u0026amp;%20demography%20%5BJHBD%5D%22\"\u003eJHBD\u003c\/a\u003e], 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":46265201000728,"sku":"9780521834704","price":78.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521834704i.jpg?v=1692020469","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-peasants-of-ottobeuren-1487-1726-a-rural-society-in-early-modern-europe-hardback-9780521834704","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}