Landless Households in Rural Europe, 1600-1900 (Hardcover)

First comparative study of landless households brings out their major role in European history and society. The numbers of landless people - those lacking formal rights to land, or possessing only tiny smallholdings - grew rapidly across post-medieval Europe, as rural population and economic growth divided landowners and farmers from (increasingly) landless rural workers. But they have hitherto been relatively neglected, a gap which this volume, covering Scandinavia, Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Belgium, Britain, France and Spain from the sixteenth to the early twentieth centuries, aims to fill, making creative use of a diverse range of unexplored sources. Instead of concentrating on the well-documented cases of landholding peasants, it explores the many different experiences of the numerous rural landless. It explains how their households were formed (often in the face of economic difficulties and official hostility), how all the members of a family contributed to its survival, how the landless related to other social groups and negotiated access to vital resources, and how they adapted as rural society was changed by war, politics, agrarian and industrial development, government policy and welfare systems. Contributors: Arnau Barquer i Cerda, John Broad, Dieter Bruneel, Christine Fertig, Henry French, Margareth Lanzinger, Jonas Lindstroem, Riikka Miettinen, Richard Paping, Wouter Ronsijn, Merja Uotila, Nadine Vivier

General

Imprint:	The Boydell Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Boydell Studies in Rural History
Release date:	July 2022
First published:	2022
Editors:	Christine Fertig • Richard Paping • Henry French
Contributors:	Arnau Barquer i Cerda • John Broad (Person) • Dieter Bruneel • Christine Fertig • Henry French • Margareth Lanzinger • Jonas Lindstroem
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	350
ISBN-13:	978-1-78327-722-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Rural communities Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	1-78327-722-X
Barcode:	9781783277223

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