Peasants Making History: Living in an English Region 1200-1540

by Christopher Dyer

Peasants have been despised, underrated, or disregarded in the past. Historians and archaeologists are now giving them a more positive assessment, and in Peasants Making History, Christopher Dyer sets a new agenda for this kind of study. Using as his example the peasants of the west midlands of England, Dyer examines peasant society in relation to their social superiors (their lords), their neighbours, and their households, and finds them making decisions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198847211
• ISBN13: 9780198847212
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"