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Conflict and Compromise in the Late Medieval Countryside - Lords and Peasants in Durham, 1349-1400 (Paperback)
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Conflict and Compromise in the Late Medieval Countryside - Lords and Peasants in Durham, 1349-1400 (Paperback)
Series: Studies in Medieval History and Culture
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Larson examines the changing relations between lords and peasants
in post-Black Death Durham. This was a time period of upheaval and
change, part of the transition from 'medieval' to 'modern.' Many
historians have argued about the nature of this change and its
causes, often putting forth a single all-encompassing model; Larson
presses for the importance of individual choice and action,
resulting in a flexible, human framework that provides a more
appropriate explanation for the many paths followed in this period.
The theoretical side is balanced by an 'on the ground' examination
of rural life in Durham-- an attempt to capture the raw emotions
and decisions of the period. No one has really examined this; most
studies are speculative, relying on theory or statistics, rather
than tracing the history of real people, both in the immediate
aftermath of the plague, and in the longer term. Durham is
fortunate in that records survive in abundance for this period;
most other studies of rural society end at 1300 or 1348. As such,
this book fills a major gap in medieval English history while at
the same time grappling with major theories of change for this
transformative period.
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