Download or read book The Peasantries of Europe written by Tom Scott and published by Addison Wesley Publishing Company. This book was released on 1998 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ambitious survey offers a guide to the different peasant societies and economies in Europe from the later Middle Ages through to industrialization. Eleven regional chapters investigate key themes including patterns of lordship and dependence; standards of living; and the role of the peasantry in politics. Throughout the text emphasisises the diversities of peasant society across the whole of Europe - from England to the Ottoman lands, and from Scandinavia and Russia to Iberia.