Ordinary Prussians: Brandenburg Junkers and Villagers, 1500 1840

by William W. Hagen

Book Overview

This book gives voice, in unusual depth and immediacy, to ordinary villagers and landlords (Junkers) in the Prussian-German countryside, from the late Middle Ages to the nineteenth century. The trials and fortunes of everyday life come into view - in the family, the workplace, in the private lives of both men and women, in courtroom and jailhouse, and under the gaze of the rising Prussian monarchy's officials and army officers. What emerges is a many-dimensioned,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052103700X
• ISBN13: 9780521037006
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 712 Pages
• Weight: 2.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"