| Image of the Medieval Peasant as Alien and Exemplary Contributor(s): Freedman, Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 0804733724 ISBN-13: 9780804733724 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1999 Annotation: This book examines conflicting images of peasants from the post-Carolingian period to the German Peasants' War. It relates the representation of peasants to debates about how society should be organized (specifically, to how human equality at Creation led to subordination), how slavery and serfdom could be assailed or defended, and how peasants themselves structured and justified their demands. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval |
| Dewey: 809.933 |
| LCCN: 98036596 |
| Series: Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture |
| Physical Information: 1.26" H x 6.22" W x 9.44" (1.82 lbs) 484 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book examines the conflicting images of peasants from the post-Carolingian period to the German Peasants' War-how they were represented as subhuman yet as close to God; as contemptible yet as exemplary Christians-and how such views formed the basis for social movements. |