The Communal Age in Western Europe, c.1100-1800 - Towns, Villages and Parishes in Pre-Modern Society (Paperback)

"The Communal Age in Western Europe, c. 1100-1800" offers a fresh interpretation of the significance of towns, villages and parishes in the medieval and early modern period. Drawing on a wide range of primary and secondary sources from numerous regions, Beat Kumin:
- explains how local communities empowered common people through collective agency and a degree of local autonomy
- demonstrates how communal units impacted on key historical developments, from the Reformation to state formation
- provides case studies of the Italian city, the English parish and the village in the Holy Roman Empire
- surveys communal origins, constitutions and cultural representations, as well as contested issues such as gender roles and inner tensions
- evaluates related historiographical debates on communalism and republicanism.

Informed by a genuinely comparative and integrated approach, this original volume offers an excellent introduction to European history 'from below', and to the fundamental building blocks of European society.

General

Imprint:	Bloomsbury Academic
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Studies in European History
Release date:	June 2013
First published:	2013
Authors:	Beat Kumin
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 9mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	168
ISBN-13:	978-0-230-53685-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > History > European history > General
LSN:	0-230-53685-9
Barcode:	9780230536852

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