Conflict and compromise in the late medieval countryside : lords and peasants in Durham, 1349 - 1400 / P.L. Larson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Larson, P. L. (Peter Lionel)

Series:

Studies in medieval history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peasants.

History.

Landlord and tenant.

Administration of estates.

Durham (England : County)--History--To 1500.

Durham (England : County).

Administration of estates--England--Durham (County)--History--To 1500.

Landlord and tenant--England--History--To 1500.

Peasants--England--Durham (County)--History--To 1500.

England--Social conditions--1066-1485.

England.

Social conditions.

Durham (England : County)--History--To 1500--Historiography.

England--Durham (County).

Physical Description:

xx, 293 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, [2006]

Contents:

Lords and peasants, estates and villages

Durham : historians, records, and the recovery of history

Durham on the eve of the Black Death

Durham and the Black Death, 1349

"Oppressions and extortions" : the seigniorial response to the Black Death, 1349-1357

"Until God brings a remedy" : peasant strategies and resistance, 1349-1357

Administrative changes, 1358-1384

Troublemakers and rebels : violence in the villages, 1358-1384

Crisis and stability, 1384-1400

Conclusions : peasants and lords in a changing world.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-282) and index.

ISBN:

041597836X

OCLC:

67921857