Mute in life as in death, peasants of remote history rarely speak
to us in their own voices. But Thomas Bisson's engagement with the
records of several hundred twelfth-century people of rural
Catalonia enables us to hear these voices. The peasants'
allegations of abuse while in the service of their common lord the
Count of Barcelona and his son the King reveal a unique perspective
on the meaning of power both by those who felt and feared it, and
by those who wielded it. These records--original parchments, dating
much earlier than other comparable records of European peasant
life--name peasants in profusion and relate some of their stories.
Bisson describes these peasants socially and culturally, showing
how their experience figured in a wider crisis of power from the
twelfth century. His compassionate history considers demography,
naming patterns, gender, occupational identities, and habitats, as
well as power, coercion, and complaint, and the moralities of
faith, honor, and shame. He concludes with reflections on the
historical meanings of violence and suffering.
This rich contribution to medieval social and cultural history
and peasant studies suggests important resources and ideas for
historians and anthropologists.
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