The Peasants of Ottobeuren, 1487-1726: A Rural Society in Early Modern Europe (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521044585)

Focusing on the lands of the Benedictine monastery of Ottobeuren and based on a mass of archival data, this study presents a detailed reconstruction of peasant society in early modern Germany. It argues that the German rural economy performed much better than has previously been believed. The Ottobeuren peasantry generated large agricultural surpluses, became progressively more active in land and credit markets, and traded in ever wider circuits of commerce. Their peasant society is shown therefore to have been stable economically, and surprisingly resilient to war, plague and famine.

Author: Govind P. Sreenivasan
ISBN-10: 0521044588
ISBN-13: 9780521044585
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2007
Pages: 412
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.33lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.92d