{"product_id":"negotiation-and-resistance-constance-brittain-bouchard-9781501766572","title":"Negotiation and Resistance: Peasant Agency in High Medieval France","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNegotiation and Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Constance Brittain Bouchard challenges familiar depictions of the peasantry as an undifferentiated mass of impoverished and powerless workers.\u003c\/b\u003e Peasants in eleventh- and twelfth-century France had far more scope for action, self-determination, and resistance to oppressive treatment--that is, for agency--than they are usually credited with having. Through innovative readings of documents collected in medieval cartularies, Bouchard finds that while peasants lived hard, impoverished lives, they were able to negotiate, individually or collectively, to better their position, present cases in court, and make their own decisions about such fundamental issues as inheritance or choice of marriage partner. \u003ci\u003eNegotiation and Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e upends the received view of this period in French history as one in which lords dealt harshly and without opposition toward subservient peasants, offering numerous examples of peasants standing up for themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Constance Brittain Bouchard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501766570\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501766572\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Constance Brittain Bouchard","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44071539376383,"sku":"9781501766572","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_48b55537-3370-4cdc-866f-eb18146b5c98.jpg?v=1685436702","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/negotiation-and-resistance-constance-brittain-bouchard-9781501766572","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}