The present volume explores the process of economic stratification within the rural societies in the Middle Ages and in the Pre-modern period, paying special at

This book investigates the forms that the aggression and violence of peasant elites could take in early modern Fennoscandia, and their role within society. The

Revised, updated and expanded, this second edition analyzes the structures and practices of European economies within a global context.

The Routledge Handbook of Medieval Rural Life brings together the latest research on peasantry in medieval Europe. The aim is to place peasants – as small-sca