R. Houston

Gebundenes Buch

Peasant Petitions

Social Relations and Economic Life on Landed Estates, 1600-1850

Beschreibung

This book examines the structures and texture of rural social relationships, using one type of document found in abundance over all the four component parts of Britain and Ireland: petitions from tenants to their landlords. The book offers unexpected angles on many aspects of society and economy on estates in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Autor

Robert Allan Houston is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of St Andrews, UK. He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy and St Andrews University before spending six years at Cambridge University, UK, as a research student (Peterhouse) and research fellow (Clare College).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-137-39408-8
• 2014
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 523g
• ISBN-13: 9781137394088
• ISBN-10: 1137394080
• Artikelnr.: 40579013

Rezensionen

"This is an innovative book. It draws on a neglected body of documents to shed light on rural society in parts of Britain which are too often seen as peripheral to its economic and social development. It offers a great deal of food for thought that future historians would be wise to build upon." (Jane Whittle, English Historical Review, Vol. 131 (551), August, 2016)