The Moral Economy of the Countryside

by Rosamond Faith

How were manorial lords in the twelfth and thirteenth century able to appropriate peasant labour? And what does this reveal about the changing attitudes and values of medieval England? Considering these questions from the perspective of the 'moral economy', the web of shared values within a society, Rosamond Faith offers a penetrating portrait of a changing world. Anglo-Saxon lords were powerful in many ways but their power did not stem directly from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108720064
• ISBN13: 9781108720069
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.6" x 9.4"