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020			_a9780191882128 _q(electronic book)
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024	7		_a10.1093/oso/9780198847212.001.0001 _2DOI
040			_aUK-OxUP _beng _cUK-OxUP _erda _epn
050	0	0	_aJN297.R44
082	0	0	_a320.54 _223
100	1		_aDyer, Christopher, _d1944- _eauthor. _971765
245	1	0	_aPeasants making history : _bliving in an English region 1200-1540 / _cChristopher Dyer.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aOxford : _bOxford University Press, _c[2022]
264		1	_c©2022
300			_a1 online resource (400 pages) : _billustrations (colour).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aOxford scholarship online
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aList of figures -- List of tables -- Preface -- Notes on boundaries and measures -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Peasants and landscapes -- The west-midland region -- Human impacts on the land -- Lords and landscapes -- Peasants and the making of the landscape -- Peasants, lords, and the changing landscape after 1350 -- Conclusion -- 3. Peasant society: Landholding and status -- Holding land before 1349 -- Changing circumstances: Entry fines -- Landholding 1349-1540 -- Serfdom, 1200-1540 -- Conclusion -- 4. Peasants changing society -- Migration -- Social mobility -- Poverty -- Village community -- Conclusion -- 5. Family and household -- The size and composition of the household -- Space for households -- The character of family life -- Conclusion -- 6. Peasants and their crops -- Fields and their regulation -- Changing agriculture: Managing the fields -- Crops and their use -- Arable husbandry -- Farming methods and techniques -- Conclusion on husbandry and techniques -- Arable and pasture: Managing change -- Conclusion -- 7. Peasant farming: Livestock and pasture -- Horses -- Cattle -- Sheep -- Goats -- Pigs -- Poultry -- Bees -- Animal husbandry on the peasant holding -- Animal welfare -- Marketing animals and animal products -- Conclusion -- 8. Peasants and towns -- Origins of towns -- Peasant migration into towns -- Occupations and commerce: Peasant influence on towns -- Peasant consumption and towns -- Peasants and changing fortunes of towns -- Peasants and money -- Town and country: Cultural connections -- Conclusion -- 9. Peasants and industry -- The role of lords in creating industry -- Urban entrepreneurs and rural industry -- Poverty and industry -- Industry within peasant society -- Conclusion -- 10. Peasant outlook, values, perceptions, and attitudes -- Piers Plowman -- Peasants and the state -- Peasants and lords -- Peasants and religion -- Peasants and the environment -- Individuals and communities -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
520	3		_aThis book appraises the role of peasants in the past. Historians and archaeologists, after disparaging and ignoring peasants, are treating them more positively, and this book is taking that view forwards. Using as its example the west midlands of England, this book examines peasant society, in relation to their social superiors (their lords), their neighbours, and their households and finds them making decisions and taking options to improve their lives. Peasants played an active role in the development of towns, both by migrating into urban settings, but also trading actively in urban markets. Industry in the countryside was not imposed on the rural population, but often the result of peasant enterprise and flexibility. If we examine peasant attitudes and mentalities we find them engaging in political life, making a major contribution to religion, recognizing the need to conserve the environment, and balancing the interests of individuals with those of the communities in which they lived. Many features of our world have medieval roots, and peasants played an important part in the development of the rural landscape, participation of ordinary people in government, parish church buildings, towns, and social welfare. The evidence to support this peasant-centred view has to be recovered by imaginative interpretation, and by using every type of source, including the testimony of archaeology and landscape. This work is intended to be accessible to a wide readership.
530			_aAlso available in Print and PDF edition.
588			_aDescription based on Publisher website; title from home page (viewed on May 21, 2022).
650		0	_aEconomic history. _929765
650		0	_aHistorians _zGreat Britains.
650		0	_aRegionalism _xPolitical aspects _zGreat Britain.
650		0	_aDecentralization in government.
650		0	_aDecentralization in government _zEngland.
650		0	_aWest Midlands (England)
650		0	_aPolitics and government.
650		0	_aRegionalism _xPolitical aspects.
655		0	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _tPeasants making history : living in an English region 1200-1540. _bFirst edition. _dOxford : Oxford University Press, 2022 _z9780198847212 _w(DLC) 2021952504 _w(OCoLC)1292588099
830		0	_aOxford Academic.
856	4		_zhttps://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198847212.001.0001
975			_aOxford scholarship online 2024
999			_c86793 _d86793