The Communal Age In Western Europe, C.1100-1800: Towns, Villages And Parishes In Pre-modern Society (studies In European History)
by Beat Kümin /
2013 / English / PDF
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The Communal Age in Western Europe, c. 1100-1800
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 Kümin:
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 Kümin:
• explains how local communities empowered common people through
collective agency and a degree of local autonomy
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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.
• 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.
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.
